COURSE MANAGEMENT
Extensions - how to apply
Assignments worth less than 20% - apply by emailing your convenor directly.
Assignments worth 20% or more, and longer than 10 days - apply via the ECA form
Second extension request (for an assignment that is worth 20% or more) that takes the total request to more than 10 days - apply via the ECA form
Extensions for longer than 10 days - apply via the ECA form
For ALL extension requests you MUST:
1. Apply before the due date for the assignment
2. Include documentary evidence for the reason for the request.
- ANU Education Access Plan (EAP)
- medical certificate from GP or health professional including a pharmacist
- an email from an employer attesting to unplanned workload
- death certificate or similar
- police report
- an email from a cultural or religious leader attesting to an event that conflicts with an assessment due
- a letter of support from a residential college
- a letter of support from the ANU Student Safety and Wellbeing Team.
Extensions cannot be given longer than the return date for the assignment.
Extenuating Circumstances Application (ECA)
Accepted grounds for an Extenuating Circumstances Application (ECA) will in most instances be previously unknown and unavoidable incidents that have a demonstrable and significant impact on a student's ability to study or undertake an assessment item.
When applying for an ECA the assessment task must be worth more than 20% or greater of the overall course mark.