Glossary

ABRvS	Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State: independent national court where an appeal can be lodged against a decision on objection or decision on appeal.
Appellant	The person who lodges a letter of appeal to the Examination Appeals Board or the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State.
Awb	General Administrative Law Act: national legislation applicable to objection and appeal procedures.
Objector	The person who has lodged a letter of objection.
Letter of objection or appeal	Written document in which you explain why you do not agree with a decision that is open to objection or appeal.
BSA	Binding recommendation on continuation of studies.
BSA Committee	Faculty committee that advises the dean on the binding recommendation on continuation of studies.
CBE	Examination Appeals Board: the appeals tribunal as referred to in Article 7.60 of the Higher Education and Research Act [WHW], where an appeal can be lodged against decisions referred to in Article 7.61 of the WHW.
CBS	Student Affairs Objections Committee: advisory committee as referred to in Article 7.63a of the WHW and Article 7:13 of the Awb, which advises the Executive Board on objections from students.
Authorised representative	Person authorised to represent someone in the objection or appeal procedure. This can be an attorney or someone else known to the appellant/objector.
Reasoned decision	Written decision of the Executive Board or Examination Appeals Board that sets out the reasoned substantiation of the decision on the objection or the appeal.
Hearing	Opportunity in which the parties can explain their position orally with regard to the objection or appeal.
Amicable settlement attempt	This is an integral part of the objection and appeal procedure. The respondent is hereby requested to investigate, in consultation with the objector or the appellant, whether an amicable solution to the dispute is possible.  NB: this does not mean that a settlement should take place afterwards, but that an attempt was at least made to do so.
Inadmissible	An objection or appeal will not be dealt with substantively if it does not meet the legal requirements that apply to its processing.
Pro forma letter of objection or appeal	A provisional letter of objection or appeal. In this pro-forma document, you indicate which decision you want to object or appeal against (also include the decision with the pro-forma document) and that the grounds for objection or appeal will follow. After receiving the pro-forma letter of objection or appeal, you will be given the opportunity by the secretary's office to complete your objection or appeal within a specified time frame, so that the objection or appeal can then be further processed.
Legal remedies clause	Notice at the bottom of a decision stating which legal remedy (objection or appeal) can be lodged against the decision and within what time frame this must be done.
Excusable delay	Objections or appeals must be filed within six weeks. This is a statutory period that starts the day after the decision has been announced (sent to you). Exceeding this time frame may result in the appeal being declared inadmissible. A declaration of inadmissibility on the basis of the law can only be omitted in exceptional cases, when you cannot reasonably be considered to have been negligent. This means that you cannot be found to be at fault. Such a case is referred to as an excusable delay in the deadline. This will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Being on holiday is usually not a valid reason.
Respondent	The person/body who took the decision against which the objection or appeal is lodged, for example: a Board of Examiners or director of a department.
WHW	Higher Education and Research Act: national legislation applicable to the university.