Questions on Self-Certification
This is a simplified form of the standard EC provision that supports students affected by short-term unexpected illness or disruption to their studies. Self-certification allows you the opportunity and responsibility to submit a claim for a five working day extension, without the need to provide evidence. This will be automatically granted; however, it is only permitted twice in one academic year. This is in recognition that it is not always possible or appropriate for you to seek an appointment, or consult with a GP, for short-term illness, nor is it always possible to obtain evidence for other short-term circumstances.
Subsequent requests in the same academic year will need to be submitted using the standard exceptional circumstances form and will require evidence in the normal way.
On the self-certification request form, assessments will be available to select for extensions from two working days prior to the original coursework submission deadline and until two working days afterwards.
Please note: The self-certification option is not available for every type of assessment and can only be used for a five working day extension for eligible coursework. Please read the Self-Cart FAQs below for further details on how and on what timescales you can submit a self-certification request, and what assessments fall in scope for self-certification. If the assessment you are wanting to apply a self-certification for is not in scope for self-certification you will need to submit either a standard EC or PREC request as applicable.
The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) below explain a number of important aspects relating to Self-Certification for Exceptional Circumstance requests:
