Extensions for Taught Students
What is an extension?
- An extension is a self-certified request which allows you 5 additional working days to complete your assessment(s). You can only submit an extension up to the deadline for your assessment, and not after. This means you must submit an extension request BEFORE your assessment deadline.
- Evidence is no longer essential for requests to be approved, but you have the option to attach supporting information should you wish to do so.
- You can only ever submit one extension request per assessment, provided it is eligible for an extension.
- All extension deadlines will provide you with an 5 additional working days from the original deadline to submit your work. If you can’t meet this deadline once granted, you cannot then apply for another extension request for that assessment. In this case, you will need to apply for Extenuating Circumstances (EC) which do require supporting information to verify your circumstances before consideration. All the details to the procedure and associated forms can be accessed by clicking here. Examinations and in-class tests are not open to extension requests.
- Assessments that have been referred, deferred, or are being taken under a tutor reassessment are ineligible for extension requests.
- Once you have submitted your request, you will be informed by the system of your new submission date.
How do I apply for an extension?
You can get to the extensions page by going to the My Details area and selecting ‘extensions’ on the left-hand side of the page. You can then apply for an extension by clicking the ‘apply’ button on the extensions page.
If you are wishing to apply for an extension for a ‘trailing module’, you can click the ‘apply’ button on the applicable section. A ‘trailing module’ is a module you are carrying from the previous academic year into the current one.
You will then be taken to the extensions page. Here you will first input the reason for your extension (e.g. illness etc.)
You will then choose which category the reasoning for your extension falls under by clicking the dropdown. If you don’t think your reasoning fits into any particular category, you can just choose ‘other’.
Once you click ‘next’, you will then be taken to a page where you can select which assessments you would like to apply for an extension for. You can choose multiple eligible assessments by clicking the ‘add’ button beneath each assessment. If you make a mistake in your selections at this stage, you can click ‘remove’ beneath the assessment. Some assessments are ineligible for an extension. These will be marked ‘unavailable’.
If there is an assessment missing from this page, please contact your school via email:
School of Business, Education and Law - busextensions@hud.ac.uk
School of Computing and Engineering - sce.student.support@hud.ac.uk
School of Human and Health Sciences - shhs.courseadmin@hud.ac.uk
School of Applied Sciences - sapp.student.support@hud.ac.uk
School of Arts and Humanities - sah.studentsupport@hud.ac.uk
Once you’ve selected all the assessments that you want to request an extension for, click ‘review’ at the bottom of the page. This will
bring you to the next page where you can review the assessments you are requesting an extension for.
If you are happy with your choices, click ‘next’.
This will then bring you to a final summary page of your request. If you are happy with everything on this page, click ‘confirm’.
Once you have submitted your request, you will be informed by the system of your new submission date.
You can view all your submitted requests by clicking ‘Extension Request History.’
