Getting a deadline extension

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Find out if you are eligible for an extended assessment deadline and how to apply.

Before you apply

To apply for an assessment deadline extension, you must have had this agreed as a reasonable adjustment by Disability Advice.

If you haven't done this, please submit a consent form with evidence so the Disability Advice team can consider your need for adjustments.

Important information

Extension requests are granted at the discretion of the Director of Student Experience and may not be granted in instances where an extended deadline will prohibit assessment feedback for a cohort.

Requests for deadline extensions must be made at least ten working days before the original assessment deadline, not the end of the late period.

Working days do not include weekends, Bank Holidays or Minimum service days. You will need to plan around this, especially if your deadline is shortly after Christmas or Easter.

The table below shows the last possible date an extension request can be submitted, based on the original cohort submission deadline

If an extension request is submitted with fewer than ten working days notice, it may be rejected. You‘ll need to submit an Exceptional Circumstances claim for ‘non-submission’ or ‘impairment’.

Due to the condensed nature of assessment windows for the School of Psychology, it may not be possible to grant extension requests for dissertation submissions. Contact the Disability Advice team if you have concerns about submitting your dissertation.

If you‘re staying with us as part of a summer school or Visiting and Exchange courses, you can‘t apply for deadline extensions due to the short nature of the programme.

If you‘re studying a distance learning course, you can‘t apply for extensions due to the block delivery of taught content. You are automatically given seven additional days to complete assignments.

Using extensions to assessment deadlines

If you have clustered deadlines e.g. two assessments due on the same day, or three assessments due in the same week, and you are concerned about being able to meet these deadlines, you can request extensions on individual, permissible assessment deadlines by completing this form.

Please note that we can only support extension requests as reasonable adjustments for formal assessments that are published on your Sussex Direct assessment timetable. For informal/non-assessed work that does not appear on your Sussex Direct assessment timetable, please speak to your module tutor. Extensions cannot be applied to group written submissions or take away papers.

A deadline extension will be in addition to the lateness period penalty waiver and will follow the same timeframe, e.g. usually either +24 hours or +7 days, depending on the lateness period that has been set by your school for your submission.

If you choose to use the extension request function in a way other than to break up a cluster of deadlines, such as requesting extensions on all of your upcoming deadlines, it will be your responsibility to manage your workload and time effectively in order to meet your extended deadlines.