We're committed to providing quality assessment to students enrolled in vocational education and training programs. As a student, you may appeal an assessment task outcome or the final result for a unit/module if you believe that the assessment and process was unfair or incorrect.
Before you lodge a Formal VET Academic Appeal
You must:
- Read the South Metropolitan TAFE VET Academic Appeals Policy (178 KB) (PDF document - opens in a new tab)
- Meet with the Head of Programs and/or your lecturer for an informal review to discuss your concerns.
If you're dissatisfied with the outcome of the informal review, then you may lodge a formal VET academic appeal.
As part of the formal VET academic appeal process, you'll need to:
- Lodge an appeal for each unit/module you believe is unfair or incorrect within 20 working days of receiving your individual assessment task result or final unit outcome.
- Complete our feedback form and select appeal as the feedback type and academic appeal as what the feedback relates to.
- Keep evidence of why you believe the outcome was unfair or incorrect, you will be asked to provide evidence when you are contacted about your academic appeal submission.
The evidence you submit should relate to the basis for the appeal. The information below provides guidance on the basis for appeal and what evidence you will need to provide.
- The assessment method was different from the description given in the delivery and assessment plan
- A copy of the delivery and assessment plan provided by your lecturer.
- A brief explanation of how the assessment differed from the description given in the delivery and assessment plan.
- The assessment criteria used to mark/evaluate your assessment was different to the agreed assessment criteria provided in the delivery and assessment plan
- A brief explanation of how the assessment criteria differed from the description given in the delivery and assessment plan or assessment instructions/questions.
- Unfair or biased application of the assessment criteria
- A brief description of how your work meets the assessment criteria.
- Your final result is not equal to the individual assessment components undertaken throughout the unit
- Evidence of each assessment result undertaken as part of this unit.
- Evidence of each assessment result undertaken as part of this unit.
How to make an appeal
After you have gathered evidence, you can formally lodge your appeal through our feedback form by selecting appeal as the feedback type and academic appeal as what the feedback relates to. Alternatively, you can submit a paper copy at any of our customer service centres.
Once you have submitted your appeal
We will acknowledge your request in writing and seek to finalise your appeal as soon as practicable.
The Academic Appeals Committee will be convened to review your appeal and you'll be notified of the outcome within 20 working days of lodging your formal appeal. You may be asked by the committee to provide further evidence to support your appeal.
If you're unhappy with the outcome of the formal academic appeal then an appropriate, independent external party will review the decision.