MA Extenuating Circumstances

During your studies you may experience difficulties which could affect your academic performance. Such difficulties are known as "extenuating circumstances" and may include medical problems such as illness, or personal problems and difficult situations such as bereavement or being affected by crime. They are defined as events which are:

• Short-term - the timing of the circumstances must be relevant to the impact of the extenuating circumstances request. Longer-term medical circumstances should be handled through other student support routes e.g. Disability and Dyslexia Support Services.

• Significant – they must have had a demonstrably negative impact on your ability to study or to undertake an assessment.

• Unforeseen and unpreventable - you could not have prevented them.

• Beyond your control – you could not have planned to mitigate against the impact of the circumstances.

Please see the University's extenuating circumstances webpage for more information about the kinds of circumstances that will be considered. 

As part of the School, and University, we are committed to supporting you through challenges you are facing.  We encourage you to speak to the History Welfare Team who can advise on what information to include, and direct you to sources of support, where appropriate. You will also find information about helpful university-wide support services on our general help and support page.

If your circumstances mean that you require an extension of one or two weeks, please see the deadline extension procedure.

To request consideration for extenuating circumstances please complete the form below, selecting the 'extenuating circumstances' option under the type of request. 

In order to ensure consideration by the Extenuating Circumstances Panel and Examination Board, extenuating circumstances forms should be submitted no later than:

• Friday 14 February - semester one modules

• Monday 16 June - semester two modules

• Monday 1 September - summer assessments period

• Monday 15 September - graduate year modules