Academic reviews enables academic reviewers and credit reviewers to review applications and make recommendations on applications. For example, recommend an application is made a conditional offer.
Academic reviewers have the staff remit Academic reviewer or Credit reviewer and permission to use the Academic Reviews app.
Admissions staff processing applications start academic and credit reviews. Admissions staff choose reviewers, set deadlines, and add notes detailing the reason for review. However, if admissions staff are unsure which reviewers should perform the review, they can delegate the task of choosing the reviewers to an academic reviewer.
Academic reviewers receive email alerts for applications that require review. The emails contain a link that opens the Academic Reviews app on the dashboard page. The dashboard displays the number of outstanding reviews that require an application review, application delegation, and credit review. For each type of review, the dashboard shows the number of applications that have passed the review deadline and are near the review deadline, as shown in the image Dashboard of outstanding reviews.
For each review type, academic reviewers can view all the outstanding applications for review. For example, view all the applications that are outstanding a credit review. Outstanding applications have a health status that indicates the status of the application in relation to the deadline, as follows:
- Healthy
- The application is waiting for review and is not yet near the deadline for review. Healthy is indicated by a green vertical status bar.
- At risk
- The application is near the deadline for review. At risk is indicated by an amber vertical status bar.
- Breached
- The application has passed the deadline for review. Breached is indicated by a red vertical status bar.
Then, for each application, academic reviewers can then view the application and the notes provided by admissions staff. Reviewers can then delegate or make recommendations depending on the type of review as follows:
- Application review
- Make a recommendation, such as an unconditional offer, a conditional offer for an alternative programme, an interview, and so on. Academic reviewers must provide a reason for their recommendation.
- Application delegation
- Delegate the task of reviewing the application to other academic reviewers, which may include themselves. However, academic reviewers cannot change the deadline for the review or the required number of reviewers as set by admissions staff when starting the review.
- Credit review
- Make a recommendation for the credits awarded for the specified
On completing a review of an application, the application is removed from the outstanding applications.
The video Academic review demonstration shows the following:
- Applications for review
- Application delegation
- Application review
- Credit review
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