University Appeals Committee

The University Appeals Committee (UAC) is responsible for:

• hearing and determining appeals against decisions of Faculty Committees (FC), the Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) Academic Progress Committee or Thesis Examination Committee regarding academic progress and performance
• hearing and determining appeals against decisions of a FC not to consider a late submission to show cause
• hearing and determining appeals against decisions of a single member or full Academic Integrity Committee or Student Research Integrity Committee regarding breaches of academic and research integrity
• hearing and determining appeals against decisions of a single member or full Student Misconduct Committee regarding breaches of conduct amounting to general misconduct
• hearing and determining late appeal applications to the UAC
• reporting and making recommendations to the Academic Board regarding trends and issues arising from appeal hearings.

Students may lodge appeals with this Committee pursuant to the following regulations.

PDF Regulation 4.1 (1) – General Misconduct -57.0KB

PDF Regulation 4.1(2) – Academic and Research Integrity -79.5KB

PDF Regulation 5.3(1) – Assessment and Academic Progress in Higher Education Award Courses -42.2KB

PDF Regulation 5.3(3) – Assessment and Academic Progress in Higher Degrees by Research -114.9KB

Find out more about Academic Progress 

Find out more about Student Integrity

• Two members of the Academic Board (appointed by the Chair of the Academic Board, one who shall be Chair and one who shall be Deputy Chair)
• Four members, including at least one member from each Faculty who are the Faculty Committee Chairs, or appropriate nominees, appointed by their Faculty
• Co-opted members, appointed by the Chair of the Academic Board on a needs basis.