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    Student Steps for submitting Postponement of assessments (R33)

    1) Gather relevant supporting documentation for your personal circumstances.  

    2) Fill out the "R33 Rationale form: Postponement of Assessment" detailing the reason for your application for postponement.

    3) Discuss the rationale for your application with your programme chairperson . Secure approval from your programme chair (either by signature on the R33 form or via email) (Evidence of this will need to be attached to your submission) 

    4) Once you have the following to hand you may proceed to fill in the below webform. 

    • R33 Rationale form for Postponement of assessment
    • Programme chair approval (Email or signature) 
    • Supporting documentation.

    5) Follow the steps on the Submission portal.  Once you upload your documentation and press submit, you will receive an email confirming the receipt of your application for postponement by DCU

    Submission Deadlines 2024/2025:

    Two Weeks before the commencement of the relevant exam session i.e. Semester One, Semester Two or Autumn Resits

    • Semester One Modules - before 4.00pm on Monday 25th November, 2024
    • Semester Two Modules - before 4.00pm on Monday 7 April, 2025
    • Autumn Resits/Summer modules - before 4.00pm on Monday 14 July, 2025

    Data Privacy Notice

    The personal data (including any special or sensitive data) requested on this form will be obtained, processed and retained by DCU (the Data Controller). The data is required to assess your request and will be processed by relevant units within the University. The data will be retained for eight years at end of which it will be erased. Please refer to the  University's Data Privacy Policy for further details. If you wish to obtain further information about data protection please visit the website of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner
    Note: The processing of special categories of personal data collected on this form and described above will be based on your consent.

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    Please select the semester(s) affected by your extenuating circumstance(s)
    Semester 1 September to December
    Semester 2 January to April
    Resits July/August
    Please note
    If you have selected more than one period above, your supporting documentation should cover this period.  Registry may contact you to confirm that your supporting documentation is up to date in advance of the resit period. It is the your responsibility to make sure that accurate supporting documentation is submitted to Registry within the published deadlines. 
    Please tick the box below which best describes your extenuating circumstances
    Illness, injury, accident or hospitalisation.
    Family illness
    Bereavement
    Other personal or emotional circumstances
    Victim of crime
    Work commitments (Part-time students only)
    Other
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    If your R33 Rationale form does not contain a signature by your program chair, you should also attach a screenshot of email containing program chair approval. 

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