Student Appeals - Statistics
Faculty Appeals Committee Statistics
The following table sets out the number of appeals submitted to and considered by the Faculty Appeals Committees for the past five cohorts.
| No. of Appeals per Faculty | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 |
| Faculty of Arts | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Faculty of Education | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| Faculty of Engineering | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Faculty of Law, Business & Social Sciences | 19 | 19 | 39 | 16 | 33 |
| Faculty of Medicine | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Faculties of Science | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 |
| Faculty of Veterinary Medicine | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12* | 5 |
| TOTAL | 47 | 53 | 68 | 63 | 86 |
*Figure includes 5 appeals for the same reason, which were considered together as a group appeal.
The following table sets out the number of appeals upheld by the Faculty Appeals Committee for the past five cohorts.
| Cohort | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | |
| No. of Appeals Upheld | ||||||
| Faculty of Arts | Unfair/defective procedure | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Other Circumstances | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
| Faculty of Education | Unfair/defective procedure | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Other Circumstances | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Faculty of Engineering | Unfair/defective procedure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Other Circumstances | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Faculty of Law, Business & Social Sciences | Unfair/defective procedure | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Other Circumstances | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Faculty of Medicine | Unfair/defective procedure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Circumstances | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Faculties of Science | Unfair/defective procedure | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Other Circumstances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| Faculty of Veterinary Medicine | Unfair/defective procedure | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Other Circumstances | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Both unfair/defectove procedure and other cirumstances | 1 | 1 | ||||
| TOTAL | 18 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 21 | |
| Proportion of appeals upheld | 38% | 34% | 26% | 43% | 24% | |
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Senate Appeals Committee Statistics
The following table sets out the number of appeals submitted to the Senior Senate Assessor for Student Appeals under the procedure for Appeals to the Senate Appeals Committee.
| Session | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 |
| No. of Appeals | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 |
The following table sets out the appeals considered and the number upheld, at least in part by the Senate Appeals Committee over the past five cohorts.
| Appeals Upheld or referred back to Faculty | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 |
| New evidence | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3(p) | 1 |
| Defective procedure | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unreasonable decision | 1(p) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Defective procedure and unreasonable decision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(p) |
| TOTAL | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| No. of academic decisions changed following referral back to FAC | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
(p) - Appeal(s) upheld in part.
Reviews by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
Requests for external review of a complaint or an appeal are referred to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.
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