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If you are studying at our Bedford or Luton campuses, one of our hospital site's Education Centres or International Centres, then you should contact the Mitigation Team:
You can contact the Mitigation Team through the Student Information Desk at your campus or log in to SiDOnline to make an enquiry.
Mitigating circumstances are any serious and exceptional factors outside your control that may prevent you from carrying out your academic work. For example, you may have been ill or suffered the death of a close relative. Please refer to the mitigating circumstances criteria.
Any application for mitigating circumstances must be supported by official and independent evidence that conform to certain criteria.
Student Engagement Advisors are on hand to give advice and information about your options and the support that may be available. You can make an appointment through the Student Information Desk SiD Online.
If you think your problems are serious enough to be considered for Mitigating Circumstances, you need to apply by completing a Mitigating Circumstances Form. -
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You will need to fill in the form legibly and completely. Any missing information, such as unit codes and original hand-in dates, will delay the approval of your application.
All applications should be supported by some form of independent and official evidence to substantiate your circumstances.
Your completed form should be submitted to the Student Information Desk at your campus or you can log in to SiD Online to upload your form and evidence. Alternatively you can email your form to sid@beds.ac.uk or send by fax on 01582 743341.
Once an application and supporting evidence has been received, a decision will normally be made within 48 hours. A decision will be sent to your student email account via SiD Online.
It depends on the problem. If you are ill then a medical certificate covering the relevant dates. If a close relative has died then a death certificate or a copy of an Order of Service from a funeral. The Mitigation Team is able to give more information on individual cases.
