Policies

The information on this page is meant as a quick reference for students with regards to the more common policy and procedural issues.  This information is not exhaustive or exclusive and there are a number of sources that students should consult with regards to program and University policies. For example: School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies' Graduate Calendar; School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies' Thesis Regulation Guide; and the University Secretariat's Academic Handbook

PDF printable Policies document

Program Progression Policies

Course Policies

University Policies

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PROGRAM PROGRESSION POLICIES

Continuous Graduate Enrolment

Graduate students must maintain continuous registration and pay fees in each successive term from initial registration until all requirements for the degree are completed.  "Registration" may include a course or other degree requirements, such as Independent Proposal Preparation, Internship, Directed Research Project or Thesis (Masters students); or Qualifying Papers or Thesis (Doctoral students).  For those students registering for course work in the Summer Term, registering in any of the various sessions offered by the Graduate Programs & Research Office satisfies this requirement.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition Fees, for students not receiving funding that fully covers their tuition, ancillary or other related fees (e.g. UHIP), are payable at the start of each of the three terms:  Fall, Winter, Summer, and consecutively every term until degree requirements are complete.  Students receive notification via their UWO email accounts once tuition amounts have been posted in the Student Centre.  Students are responsible for paying fees each term by the advertised due date; failure to do this will result in a late payment fee.  Failure to pay tuition will result in withdrawal from the program.  For information on fee amounts, please see the Office of the Registrar's "Fees/Refunds" page. 

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Time Limit for Degree Completion

Students for all graduate degree programs must complete their program requirements within a maximum time period. Please note that the following does not represent typical completion times, but maximum completion times.  Please note that this is based on a student's starting status of full or part time and does not change if a student changes his/her status throughout the program.

  Typical Time to Completion Maximum Time to Completion  
PhD* 4 years (12 terms) 6 years (18 terms) *Funding maximum is 4 years or 12 terms.
MEd - Full-time 2 years (6 terms) 3 years (9 terms)  
MEd - Part-time 3 years (9 terms) 4 years (12 terms)  

Leaves of Absence do not affect (i.e. do not extend) maximum time to completion terms.

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Program Progression

Please also see the School of Graduate & Postdoctor Studies' Program Regulations - Section 3 of Graduate Regulations:

The program specifies milestones for satisfactory progress towards the degree (e.g. a minimum average, a minimum grade for a course, etc.) and ensures that students are aware of these in a timely fashion through Program's website or by other means.

Graduate faculty must provide students with timely feedback on courses, examinations, or other requirements.

The program may require students to withdraw if they fail to meet the following standards:

  • Students must maintain a cumulative average of at least 70% calculated each term over all courses taken for credit, with no grade less than 60%. In the case of failing grades given for Scholastic Offences, only the Vice-Provost (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies) can withdraw a student; see Section 10.

  • Students must make satisfactory progress towards the degree according to milestones set by the program.

 

Leaves of Absence

The Vice-Provost (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies) may grant a leave of absence for pregnancy/parental, medical or compassionate grounds normally to a maximum of three terms or 12 months, on the recommendation of the Graduate Program.

While on leave, students are expected to be away from normal activities as graduate students (e.g. attending classes, conducting research). However, students and supervisors may negotiate ongoing communication during this period.

The start and finish of the leave may begin or end at any point in the term; normally the leave will coincide with the start and end of terms. Students are advised to consult with their graduate program to make special arrangements especially if taking courses during this period.

Requests for Leave of Absence are completed on-line on the School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies' website by login into the Graduate Student Web Services Portal.

More information about Leaves of Absence can be found in the Graduate Calendar (Section 4.06).

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Withdrawals

Withdrawal from a program can occur in two ways.

To request a Voluntary Withdrawal, a student must provide formal, written notification to the program. Requests for Voluntary Withdrawal are completed on-line on the School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies' website by login into the Graduate Student Web Services Portal. Assuming the student is in good standing at the time of withdrawal, he/she will be invited to reapply to the program.  If the student does so within a two-year period of withdrawing, the Graduate Programs & Research Office will normally recommend that advanced standing be given for all courses completed at the time of withdrawal.  If the student reapplies after this two year period, he/she applies and goes through the same competitive process as first-time applicants.  Normally, advanced standing would only be recommended for up to two half or one full course.  Please contact the Graduate Programs & Research Office for information and assistance with reapplication procedures following a voluntary withdrawal.

Alternatively, the Graduate Programs & Research Office or the School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies can withdraw a student for failure to meet admission conditions, progression requirements, specified deadlines for completion, or failure to pay fees.  Graduate students are expected to meet progression requirements in a timely fashion according to milestones specified by the program concerned. If the Associate Dean (Graduate Programs & Research) and/or Thesis/Directed Research Project Supervisor judge that process in scholarly work or research is unsatisfactory, a student may be required to withdraw at any time. In addition, a graduate student must maintain at least a 70% averaged over all courses of the degree program with no grade less than 60%. A student who fails to achieve this standard will be considered as not making satisfactory progress towards the degree.

Once withdrawn from a program (and the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies), the person withdrawn is no longer a student and may not attend classes, receive supervision, or have access to any resources of the University.

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English Proficiency

"Each student granted admission to Western must be proficient in spoken and written English.  Students must demonstrate the ability to write clearly and correctly. Work presented in English in any subject at any level, which shows a lack of proficiency in English and is, therefore, unacceptable for academic credit, will either be failed or, at the discretion of the instructor, returned to the student for revision to a literate level.  To foster competence in the use of the English language within their own discipline, all instructors will take proficiency in English into account in the assignment of grades."  A student who, after admission, shows an inadequate command of spoken or written English must improve his or her proficiency to the satisfaction of the graduate program or department. (http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/handbook/exam/english.pdf)

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Full-time/Part-time & Onsite/On-line Study

We encourage full-time students to take no more than three half courses per term.

MEd students employed for more than ten hours per week (on average) in any term should register as part-time students.

Part-time students are limited to two half courses per term. Undergraduate courses taken as extra courses or as degree requirements are to be included in this total. However, students who are employed full-time should not enrol in more than one half course during each of the Fall and Winter Terms. Part-time students are limited to one course in either Intersession (6 weeks May and June) or Summer Session (4 weeks July) offered during the Summer Term by the Graduate Programs & Research Office. 

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Routes of Study and Core/Required Courses

Every Graduate Education program, whether doctoral or masters, has core/required courses.  Masters program also have different study route options to complete degree requirements once course work is finished.  For specific details on core/required courses and study routes, please see the applicable program page: 

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Supervision:  Academic Advisors and Thesis/Directed Research Project Supervisors

At the time of admission, students will be assigned a member of faculty who will serve as the "Academic Advisor." This information will be communicated via email, typically sometime in May, along with instructions on how to proceed with the on-line Program Planning process (course and program registration - see below).  The Academic Advisor will approve course selections and guide the student through administrative details. The Academic Advisor may or may not become the Thesis or Directed Research Project Supervisor.

All courses taken by a graduate student, as well as all course and program changes, must be approved (in advance of course registration where applicable) by an Academic Advisor and the Associate Dean, Graduate Programs & Research.  Students should consult with their Academic Advisor frequently. If a student is having difficulty contacting the Academic Advisor by phone and email, the student should contact the Graduate Programs & Research Office for assistance (graded@uwo.ca or 5l9-661-2099).

As students are completing their course work and solidifying their research ideas, they may approach their Academic Advisor or any other Faculty of Education professor to be their "Thesis Supervisor" or "Directed Research Project Supervisor".  Once course work is finished, the supervisory role shifts from the Academic Advisor to the Thesis or Directed Research Project Supervisor.  For more information about the role of the research supervisor, please consult the PhD Thesis Guide, M.Ed. Thesis Guide or M.Ed. Directed Research Project (DRP) Guide. 

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Scholarly Writing

Guidelines for Doctoral Thesis, Masters Thesis and Directed Research Projects are available on our web site.  These include suggestions and requirements for using style manuals in preparing theses or Directed Research Projects. Note that within any one Thesis or project, consistency of style is expected. Further, the Thesis must adhere to the guidelines as outlined in the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Thesis Regulation Guide.

Style Manuals: Each instructor and Thesis/project Supervisor offers advice on selecting an appropriate style manual. Commonly used manuals include:

American Psychological Association (2001). Publication manual (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Barzun, J., & Graff, H. F. (1992). The modern researcher (5th ed.). New York: Harcourt, Brace & World.

Fowler, H. R., & Aaron, J. E. (1989). The Little, Brown handbook (4th ed.). Toronto: Little, Brown.

Messenger, W. E., & DeBruyn, J. (1986). The Canadian writer's handbook (2nd ed.). Scarborough: Prentice-Hall.

Turabian, K. L. (1996). A manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations (6th ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONSIDER THE PREPARATION OF THEIR RESEARCH (IN WHOLE OR IN PART) FOR PUBLICATION IN EITHER SCHOLARLY OR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS.

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Research Ethics

All research with human participants, whether it be for a class paper or your research, must receive prior approval and conform to the university’s guidelines available from the Office of Research Ethics.

The Faculty of Education is home to a Research Ethics Board, which is a sub-board of The University of Western Ontario Non-Medical Research Ethics Board (NMREB).  This sub-board has been delegated to review and approve research that involves no more than minimal risk. For information on delegated review and minimal risk refer to the UWO REB Guideline 1-G-004, and the Faculty of Education's Research Ethics web page. If your research involves more than minimal risk to the research participants you must submit your ethics protocol to the UWO NMREB.

If a student is doing research for a class paper that involves working with human subjects, the instructor will assist the student in obtaining the necessary approvals.

If a student's Thesis or Directed Research Project (DRP) involves working with human subjects, the student must complete, obtain signatures for and submit the Ethical Review Form found on the  Faculty of Education's Research Ethics web page.  This is submitted to the Graduate Programs & Research Office with one copy of your Thesis or DRP proposal and the appropriate signature "Form A."  Details about submitting your Thesis or DRP proposal and ethical review, as well as the signature "Form A" can be found in the Doctoral Thesis Guide, Masters Thesis Guide and Directed Research Project Guide.  

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COURSE POLICIES

Schedule of Classes

Ph.D. core courses and M.Ed. Counselling Psychology core and elective courses are held during daytime hours.  M.Ed. Educational Studies core and elective courses are held during evening hours (typically 6:30 - 9:30pm) to accommodate students who are in-service teachers. 

Timetables are developed one term at a time and posted on the "Timetables and Calendars" page once available. 

Courses typically run for 12 weeks (or the equivalent), with the exception of Counselling Psychology classes which run for 13 weeks (or the equivalent); if a class is cancelled it must be made up at a later date.  Professors will schedule such classes in consultation with students. 

Fall term:              September 1 - December 31
Winter term:         January 1 - April 30
Summer Term:*   May 1 - August 31

*The Faculty of Education offers a number of sessions during the summer term.  Enrolment in any one of these sessions satisfies the graduate continuous enrolment requirement. 

Summer On-line - 12 weeks commencing in May
Intersession - 6 weeks starting in May
Summer Session - 4 weeks, July

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Program Planning (Course/Program Registration)

Program Planning is the process whereby students make their course and program choices under the guidance of their Academic Advisors.  This is a mandatory process; if a student does not complete Program Planning, he/she will not be registered but will still be assessed tuition under the continuous graduate enrolment requirement.  Program Planning is done on-line in the Faculty of Education's Graduate Portal and detailed instructions are sent via email at the appropriate time.  Students always have "view" access in the Graduate Portal and it is their responsibility to check their registration from term to term.   There are "Add/Drop" periods at the beginning of each term, which accommodate last minute changes (see below).

General Guidelines: 

  • Core/Required courses are restricted to students in that program, although other students may request special permission to take M.Ed. Educational Studies core courses as electives if space permits.
  • The instructor's permission must be sought by students not in the M.Ed. Counselling Psychology program in order to take any elective in this program, space permitting.
  • On-line elective courses are open to onsite students if space permits. 
  • The minimum enrolment for a class is 8 students and the maximum enrolment is 20.
  • Students can make changes within the Graduate Portal during the Program Planning period; at all other times students have "view" access and must follow "Add/Drop" procedures below.
  • Students will not see courses in the Student Centre until the Graduate Programs & Research Office uploads them each term.  This typically occurs 2-3 weeks before the start of each term.
  • Students will not see "Thesis" (9590, 9790 or 9791) and "IPP" (9683) in the Student Centre, and can only see these notations in the Grad Portal up to the point where we do the course upload each term.  This is because these are not actually courses but milestones, and are not tracked in the same way courses are.

Program Planning:

  • Occurs typically in late May/early June once the admissions process is complete. 
  • New students are provided a login for the Graduate Portal along with step-by-step instructions on how to login and navigate within the portal at the "New Student Program Planning Night."
  • For those students not able to attend, detailed instructions are sent via email. 
  • All students are provided information via email which summarizes the rules surrounding course registration for their individual programs, as well as the steps to access and navigate the Graduate Portal. Students should also refer to the information on the "Program Planning" page of this web site.

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"Add/Drop" Procedures

In instances where students need to make a last minute course change, the procedure is as follows.

How:  Course and Program changes must be approved by a student's Academic Advisor if he/she is still completing course work.  Therefore, a student must contact the Academic Advisor to request the change and the Academic Advisor must in turn notify the appropriate Graduate Assistant to authorize the change.  In addition, if a course has already started, permission must be sought of the instructor; students may not attend a class already in progress without the permission of the instructor.  Email notification is acceptable.

Timelines - Adds:  A course can be added, with permission of both the instructor and Academic Advisor, if no more than one class has been missed. 
 
Timelines - Drops:  Courses dropped within one month of the official beginning of the term will not appear on a student's transcript. When students withdraw after this date, but within eight weeks of the beginning of the term, the course stays on the transcript along with the notation "WDN" (withdrawn). Courses dropped after eight weeks from the beginning of the term are recorded as failures (F).  Please note that these timelines are prorated for Intersession and Summer Session courses.

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Courses External to the Faculty of Education

Students may take up to two half courses (or one full course) at the graduate level in other Departments of UWO or other universities (see below) with the permission of the Academic Advisor and the Associate Dean.  Approval will normally be given on academic grounds only and must be obtained well in advance of the term in which the course is to be taken.  Please complete the Special Permission Form for Non-Educatio Course form and submit it to the Graduate Programs & Research Office to request permission to register for a graduate course in another UWO program. 

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Courses External to UWO

Students may take up to two half courses (or one full course) at the graduate level in other Departments of UWO (see above) or other universities with the permission of the Academic Advisor and the Associate Dean.  Approval will normally be given on academic grounds only and must be obtained well in advance of the term in which the course is to be taken.  The following is taken from the School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Graduate Calendar (Section 7.0).

Ontario Visiting Graduate Student Program:  With the approval of their program and the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, students registered at Western may take courses at other Ontario universities under the Ontario Visiting Graduate Student program, without additional tuition. Courses taken under this agreement must be required for the student’s degree program and must be taken for credit. For students in course based programs no more than two half- courses can be taken at another institution. The Ontario Visiting Graduate Student Program Application

Courses at other Canadian Universities:  Western is a member of CAGS (Canadian Association for Graduate Studies). With the approval of their program and the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, students registered in a program at a CAGS member university (the home institution) may take courses for credit at another CAGS-member university (the host institution). The only documentation required is a single-page request form that is completed by the Deans and Graduate Chairs* of the host and home institutions. For students in course based programs no more than two half-courses can be taken at another institution. For the form and guidelines, click here .  *In the Faculty of Education, the equivalent to Graduate Chair is the Associate Dean, Graduate Programs & Research.

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Class Attendance - Onsite and On-line

Students are expected to attend all classes. In the case of absence, instructors may assign additional course work. Normally, students who are absent from one-quarter or more of their classes will be assigned a grade of "F" (Fail), (Graduate Studies Subcommittee - December 3, 1999).  As an example, most onsite half courses (with the exception of some Counselling Psychology classes) meet 12 times during a term, so students in these courses cannot miss more than two classes.  

For on-line courses, participation will be determined by the instructor/professor in the course outline and will reflect the same principles as attendance policy for on-site courses.

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Evaluation

"Each student granted admission to Western must be proficient in spoken and written English.  Students must demonstrate the ability to write clearly and correctly. Work presented in English in any subject at any level, which shows a lack of proficiency in English and is, therefore, unacceptable for academic credit, will either be failed or, at the discretion of the instructor, returned to the student for revision to a literate level.  To foster competence in the use of the English language within their own discipline, all instructors will take proficiency in English into account in the assignment of grades." (http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/handbook/exam/english.pdf)

Graduate students must maintain at least a "B" average in their program. Although only numeric grades are assigned by instructors in the Faculty of Education, the following alpha grade ranges are provided for your information.

A = 80% and above
B = 70% - 79%
C = 60% - 69%
F = Fail - less than 60%

The following guidelines for assigning grades are in effect at the Faculty of Education.

A: Reserved for those students whose work is excellent. Their work will contain an element of originality, creativity, or thoroughness. It will be well organized and expressed, and will reflect a particularly clear command of techniques and principles, incisive judgements, sound critical evaluations, and so on.
B: Assigned for proof of good competent work. A "B" grade indicates that a student has mastered the course material and can manipulate it, can write clear prose, can demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate and synthesize material, and can apply the course material to relevant situations or problems.
C: Assigned because a student does not meet one or more of the above criteria. Even though the student may be conscientious, he or she has not demonstrated a mastery of the graduate work in the course. A lack of mastery may include any number of characteristics such as an inability to write clearly, to research a topic adequately, to synthesize material, or to make basic judgements about relevance, and so on.
F: Glaring inaccuracy and confusion, little or no grasp of techniques and principles, trivial and irrelevant treatment of topics. In general, a failure to demonstrate the minimal knowledge and skills for effective work in the discipline.
INC: (Incomplete) An INC may be granted for a course where the student has not been able to complete the assigned work in the normal timeline due to exceptional circumstances. Permission to carry an INC must be sought from the Chair, Graduate Education before the end of the term. The INC must be completed by the end of the following term or a grade of F (FAIL) will be assigned. According to SGPS policy, NO exceptions will be granted to this rule.

A numerical grade submitted for an INC grade, or an F grade resulting for an INC, is final. The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies will not consider a subsequent revision of either such grade except on documented medical or compassionate grounds.

Instructors shall inform students, both in class and in the course outline, as to any policies and/or penalties concerning late submission of assignments.
IPR: (In Progress) assigned during preparation for Thesis or Directed Research Project or a half or full course which extends over two or more terms.

 

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UNIVERSITY POLICIES

Code of Student Conduct

Taken from The University of Western Ontario's Code of Student Conduct:  The purpose of this Code of Student Conduct is to define the general standard of conduct expected of students, provide examples of conduct that may be subject to disciplinary action by the University, provide examples of sanctions that may be imposed, and set out the disciplinary procedures that the University will follow. 

The Code in its entirety can be found on-line. 

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Scholastic Offences

Scholastic offences are taken seriously; a student guilty of a scholastic offence may be subject to the imposition of one or more penalties, ranging from reprimand to expulsion from the university, as well as criminal proceedings where appropriate.  Students are strongly encouraged to review the appropriate policy document, and specifically, the definition of what constitutes a Scholastic Offence:  Scholastic Discipline for Graduate Students. 

In addition to the information below, please also see the Graduate Calendar and the University Secretariat's Academic Handbook.  

Scholastic Offences include, but are not limited to, the following examples:

Plagiarism which may be defined as:  'The act of appropriat­ing the literary composition of another, or parts or pas­sages of his writings, or the ideas or language of the same, and passing them off as the product of one's own mind.'  Excerpted from H. C.  Black, Black's Law Dictionary, West Publishing Co., 1979, 5th Ed., p. 1035.  This concept applies with equal force to all assignments including labora­tory reports, diagrams, and computer projects.

Submitting for credit in any course or program of study, without the knowledge and written approval of the instructor to whom it is submitted, any academic work for which credit previously has been obtained or is being sought in another course or program of study in the University or elsewhere.

Cheating on an examination or falsifying material subject to academic evaluation.

Submitting false or fraudulent assignments or credentials; or falsifying records, transcripts or other academic documents.

Submitting a false medical or other such certificate under false pretences.

Intentionally interfering in any way with any person's scholastic work.

Plagiarism: Graduate Programs Official Plagiarism Statement (As passed by GSS on June 25, 2008 and found on graduate course outlines thereafter.)

Students must write their essays and assignments in their own words. Whenever students take an idea, or a passage of text from another author, they must acknowledge their debt both by using quotation marks where appropriate and by proper referencing such as footnotes or citations.  Plagiarism is a major academic offence (see Scholastic Offence Policy in the Western Academic Calendar [reproduced below]).

Plagiarism Checking: All required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to the commercial plagiarism detection software under license to the University for the detection of plagiarism. All papers submitted for such checking will be included as source documents in the reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of papers subsequently submitted to the system. Use of the service is subject to the licensing agreement, currently between The University of Western Ontario and Turnitin.com (http://www.turnitin.com).

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The Appeals Process

Appeals: An appeal is a request for exemption from a Senate regulation or the ruling of a Dean in academic matters; or a request that a grade on a particular piece of work or a final standing in a course or program be changed.

Please see the UWO Graduate Calendar (Section 11.0) and the University Secretariat's Academic Handbook for more information.

In the case of an appeal by a graduate student, the successive levels for an appeal are:

  1. Course instructor or person responsible for matter being appealed (informal consultation) 1
  2. Associate Dean 2
  3. Vice Provost of the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
  4. SRBA (Senate Review Board of Appeal)

Where the appeal is against a decision by an individual faculty member, the student must first inform the member of the nature of the appeal and attempt a resolution without resorting to a formal appeal.

Where the appeal is against a program requirement or decision, the student must first consult informally with the appropriate chair or graduate committee for the program and/or concentration and attempt a resolution without resorting to a formal appeal.

Each step of the appeals procedure should be completed as soon as possible but no later than six weeks from the date of the action or decision giving rise to the appeal.

Students must submit an appeal in writing (complete with all necessary documentation) to the appropriate body within three weeks of the decision under appeal. That body must then provide a written decision, including the reasons for the decision, within three weeks of receiving the written appeal and complete documentation.

The appeals process must follow principles of fairness and natural justice. This includes provision that an appellant has a right:

  1. to be heard, in person in cases deemed appropriate by the appeals committee,
  2. to be made aware of any information that may adversely affect his or her case, and
  3. to have the case judged by an unbiased decision-making body.

The proceedings of an appeal hearing must be confidential.

Legal counsel is not permitted below the level of SRBA. However, a student may be accompanied to a meeting or hearing by a colleague who is a graduate student in Education or another department within the Social Sciences Division at UWO.

The Appeals Committee

  1. An ad hoc Appeals Committee shall be struck whenever an appeal cannot be resolved with the appropriate chair to the student's satisfaction, and prior to submission of the appeal to the Dean of Graduate Studies;
  2. An Appeals Committee shall consist of three members: one faculty member from the student's program, one faculty member from another program or concentration in the Faculty of Education, and one graduate student in the Faculty of Education.

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Privacy Policy

The Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario is committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals with whom it comes in contact, regardless of whether they are registered as a student on campus or are participating in online graduate courses.

During the registration process, the following personal information is collected from applicants: surname, given names, former surname, address, email address, telephone number(s), academic transcripts, Social Insurance Number, date of birth, and immigration status. This information is used to communicate with applicants, identify any pre-existing UWO academic records, assess qualification and determine appropriate tuition fees.

Information relating to academic performance while enrolled in a program at UWO is used for evaluation purposes and is protected in accordance with applicable University policies. Certain other personal information, such as marital status, mother tongue and gender, is collected in order to comply with Statistics Canada reporting requirements.

Online courses that operate in WebCT OWL, the software which supports online courses, require technical, instructional and administrative support. As a result, designated staff members may have access to personal information within courses for various reasons to perform their individual functions. Such access includes, but is not limited to, both routine system maintenance and reviews of student participation. Researchers are only provided access to the contents of courses where consent has been received and after being granted permission from an ethics review committee.

For further information on the University of Western Ontario's approach to privacy protection, please visit the Privacy Office website at www.uwo.ca/privacy. To obtain additional details regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information by the Office of Graduate Programs & Research, e-mail graded@uwo.ca.

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Accessibility

The University of Western Ontario is committed to recognizing the dignity and independence of all staff, students, faculty and visitors and seeks to ensure that persons with disabilities have genuine, open and unhindered access to University goods, services, facilities, accommodation, employment, buildings, structures and premises.

The University will comply with all applicable Federal, Provincial and Municipal legislation with respect to accessibility and will implement the standards specified under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (“AODA, 2005”).

Policies, procedures and practices with respect to accessibility, including those required under the AODA, 2005 and its accompanying standards shall be made available on the University’s accessibility website at http://accessibility.uwo.ca.

For accessibility arrangements at the Faculty of Education Building, please contact Colin Couchman at ccouchma@uwo.ca.

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1 Appeals relating to a specific course (e.g., against a mark, grade, appropriateness of assignments or examination, or grading practices) must be initiated with the appropriate course instructor. Appeals on other matters should be initiated in the office having immediate jurisdiction for the particular requirement or regulation in question. Students in doubt as to the appropriate level at which appeals should be initiated should consult the Associate Dean.

2 Should any party believe a Chair may have a conflict of interest, the Dean of Education shall act in lieu of the Chair.

3 SRBA appeals are only concerned with issues that affect a number of students (i.e., they do not hear appeals against grades assigned to individual students).