Examiner Report
Examiners are required to assess the thesis in terms of whether the candidate has conducted a research program in ways that demonstrate command of the knowledge and skills pertinent to the area of investigation as well as a critical appreciation and understanding of the relationship of his or her own work to that of others. In addition to providing the Board with written comments bearing on these criteria, the examiners, acting independently, will recommend to the Board that:
- the thesis should be classified as PASSED without further examination; or
- the thesis should be classified as PASSED, subject to the corrections outlined in reports from examiners being made to the satisfaction of the Board; or
- the candidate should be required to pass a written and/or oral examination in subject matter directly related to the thesis before the thesis is classified as PASSED; or
- the thesis should be classified as DEFERRED and the candidate should be permitted to submit the thesis for examination in a revised form; or
- the thesis should be classified as FAILED.
If the recommendations received from examiners differ, the Board may invite the examiners to consult with the objective of obtaining a joint report or may take such other action as it thinks fit.
Full details on the examination procedures in Regulation 5.1, are available from:
In addition to Regulation 5.1, the Higher Degrees by Research Handbook has extracted the Guidelines for the Examination of the following higher degree by research programes:
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