General Course and Examination Regulations
On this page:
- A. Enrolment in Courses
- B. General Conditions for Credit
- C. Work and Assessment
- D. Examiners and Assessors
- E. Formal Examinations
- F. Missed Examinations
- G. Course Work
- H. Aegrotat Consideration
- I. Academic Progress
- J. Breach of Instructions and Dishonest Practice
- K. Cross Crediting and Double Degrees
- L. Theses
- M. Higher Doctorates
- N. Hardship
- O. Appeals and Grievances
- P. General Transitional Provisions
- Q. Waiver and Variation of Regulations
- R. Courses from Other Degrees are Subject to the Regulations of those Awards (Qualifications)
- S. Excessive Course Loads Defined
- T. Part-time and Full-time Defined
The following regulations apply to students commencing study within the 2013 academic year (January 2013-December 2013). For previously published regulations, refer to the Calendar archive (Academic Quality Assurance Unit website).
M. Higher Doctorates
1.
Upon receiving any application
for a higher doctorate which meets the qualifying criteria, the
Dean of Postgraduate Research shall request the Dean of the relevant
Faculty to appoint an ad hoc committee of not fewer than three persons.
The committee shall report to the Dean of Postgraduate Research
whether the work submitted is prima facie worthy of examination for
the degree and, if it is, recommend the names of suitable
examiners.
2.
If the examiners recommend the
award of the degree, the degree shall not be conferred until two
copies of the complete submission are deposited in the University
Library.