There will be no other examination. That is why drafts of the developing dissertation will have to be submitted on a regular basis for analysis and comment. The final assessment will involve a suitably qualified external examiner. So that,even though these qualifications do not have the status of a higher degree, the work which is being carried out by the LINK Study Unit can fairly be described postgraduate research. This is work which could form the basis of an application for a higher degree.
Postgraduate research is about reaching and then advancing the frontiers of knowledge.
It is the aim of this postgraduate research unit to encourage meaningful research which will compare favourably with good research work which is being undertaken in other institutions. Supervision Supervision of the work of the Study Unit is carried out by its own Panel of Reference. The Study Unit has a constitution, copies of which are available on request. The Unit's Panel of Reference meets annually. Students have a direct right of Appeal to the Panel through the Chairman.