E/1.2 Appeals Committee

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Appeals Committee is a Council committee established in accordance with Council Procedure 1 - Committees . Appeals Committee is accountable to University Academic Board for fulfilling the following terms of reference.

Terms of reference

Appeals Committee:

• determines appeals against refusal of admission to a University course or readmission following exclusion and draws attention to any apparent problems arising from the administration of admission policies and procedures
• determines appeals against exclusion from a course for unsatisfactory academic performance or failure to complete an award within time limits, where the faculty’s academic board recommends that the appeal be dismissed
• determines research higher degree student appeals against exclusion for unsatisfactory progress, failure to submit an Annual Progress Report or failure to complete an award within time limits
• determines student appeals arising from the imposition of penalties for student misconduct in accordance with the University's policy on the management of student discipline (E/8.1), including
• academic misconduct
• breach of acceptable use of information technology resources
• research misconduct
• non-academic misconduct;
• determines student appeals arising from scholarship and student entitlement matters
• provides feedback to decision-makers on overturned decisions, from a continuous improvement perspective
• identifies to University Academic Board, policy and procedural issues arising from appeals which may require further consideration.

Membership

• One member of University Academic Board, nominated by the Chair of University Academic Board, as Chair
• Registrar or nominee
• One member nominated by and from Council
• Two members of academic staff from different faculties, who are members of University Academic Board, nominated by University Academic Board
• Student Ombudsman ex officio
• One member nominated by and from QUT Student Guild
• A postgraduate student nominated by Postgraduate Students Association, who is only a member when the Committee is considering research higher degree student appeals
• A member of academic staff with research supervisory experience nominated by University Academic Board, who is only a member when the Committee is considering research higher degree student appeals.

A nominee of the Registrar is secretary.

Tenure and frequency of meeting

Terms of office are as detailed in section 6 of Council Procedure 1 - Committees .

Appeals Committee meets as required.

Reporting

Appeals Committee reports to University Academic Board and Council at least annually.

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