Evidence

Evidence

Evidence 

  • 10. When you request consideration for Exceptional Circumstances, you will need to provide evidence which supports your request. Requests without evidence will not normally be approved.
  • 11. All evidence should be in English and should contain your name and confirm the circumstances that have affected you, confirm the dates when you were affected and be from an independent and authoritative third party. Independent means that they are not personally connected with you. Authoritative means that they are a recognised expert for the evidence that they are providing.
  • 12. Examples of suitable evidence include but are not limited to the examples indicated below:

Exceptional Circumstances

Examples of suitable evidence

Illness

Letter from a medical practitioner e.g., General

Practitioner (GP), specialist, or registered professional in a medical practice

Hospital admission

Appointment or discharge letter from the hospital, outpatient appointment or Accident and Emergency (A&E)

attendance.

Bereavement of a family member/friend

Death certificate, order of funeral service, medical practitioner note, obituary notice, newspaper

announcement, or any other relevant similar document

Significant adverse personal or family circumstances

Letter from one of the following: a medical practitioner, a social worker, a registered psychological or psychiatric therapist, an officer of the law, a teacher outside of the

University, a religious authority.

Serious personal disruption (e.g., victim of crime, court attendance, breakdown of a long-term relationship)

 

Letter of confirmation from a relevant organisation, solicitors’ letter, counsellor, victim support, social worker etc.

Evidence of a requirement for reasonable adjustments provided too late to be considered in the delivery or assessment of a module

Statement from a SHU Disability or Wellbeing Advisor.

Work commitments

Letter from employer on company headed paper.

 

Version:

1.0

Original Version Approved by and date:

Academic Board 14 June 2023

Policy owner

Student Policy and Compliance, Registry Services

Date for Review:

September 2024

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