If you have been selected for jury service and it is likely to interfere with your study or assessment, you may seek deferral of your service. The Jury Central Summoning Bureau evaluates any requests for deferral and those requests may usually be for no longer than 12 months.
The University cannot request an excusal on your behalf. You should send any excusal request directly to the Summoning Bureau.
To assist your request for jury service deferral you may request a letter from the Director of Student Administration and Support.
To do so you should complete your jury summons including Section 3 and email the completed form to Student Administration Team
When a jury summons is received by the Student Administration Centre, the Director of Student Administration and Support will write on your behalf to Her Majesty's Courts Service enclosing the summons and explaining that it would be detrimental to your studies to experience disruption due to undertaking jury service.
Her Majesty's Courts Service will reply directly to you. If you do not receive a reply in a reasonable time then you should contact Her Majesty's Courts Service directly to enquire about the progress of your application for deferral.
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