Guidance notes and application forms
If you feel your study or exam performance is impacted by illness, grave cause or a disability then you should contact your College Tutorial Office as soon as you realise there is a problem. Your Tutor will be able to give you advice on the best course of action regarding your studies and assessment and can offer guidance and support in other ways, including other pastoral care and directing you to external sources of help which may extend beyond these application processes.
What applications does the EAMC consider?
This is for students who need a break from studies due to illness or grave cause.
Deadline: usually the term the circumstances begin, but must apply before 1st exam in the final exam period
Find out more about intermission or disregarding terms
This is following intermission or a period of illness.
Deadline:
- 24 August to resume in Michaelmas Term
- 24 November to resume in Lent Term
- 24 March to resume in Easter Term
This is for extensions to submission deadlines of more than seven days or the maximum amount permitted by self-certification.
Deadline: by the submission deadline
Find out more about extensions to the submission deadline for coursework or dissertations
These are remedies for students who miss all or part of an exam due to serious and unexpected illness or grave cause.
Deadline: within 7 days of the impacted exam
These are adjustments for students with long term health conditions or disabilities that substantively disadvantage students when undertaking assessments.
Deadline: division of Lent Term for Easter Term exams
These are for students with a disability, where other reasonable adjustments do not sufficiently mitigate the specific substantial disadvantage of their disability.
Deadline for Adjusted Modes of Assessment:
- 7 November for Easter Term exams
Deadline for Adjusted Modes of Study:
- 12 September for Michaelmas Term
- 28 November for Lent Term
Learn about Adjusted Modes of Assessment and Adjusted Modes of Study
This is for where students have been unable to progress onto the integrated masters part of the Tripos course (Part III/IIB) as their results have been impacted by illness or grave cause.
Deadline: within 14 days of the publication of the student's examination results
Learn about opinion for progression onto Part III/IIB (integrated Masters courses)
This is for where students have been mistakenly permitted to undertake illegal paper combinations.
Deadline: as soon as the error is realised
Learn about permission to undertake non-standard combinations of papers
This is for for students who have been out of residence for more than the maximum number of days permitted within a term.
Deadline: as soon as residency requirements are not met, and in any case prior to sitting exams
How to apply
It is strongly recommended that Colleges apply on behalf of students for all these processes to reduce administrative burden for students, to ensure the student has received appropriate procedural advice and has also been directed to appropriate support. Applications will be considered during scheduled EAMC Committee meeting (Dates of meetings). For some processes, where the matter is straightforward, the Secretary of the EAMC may be able to consider the application under delegated authority without a full meeting.
When will you receive a decision?
You will usually receive a response to an application within 10 working days after the EAMC meeting. The response will be sent to you and your College, or just your College if this was your preference. Please wait 10 working days before following up on any applications.