Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00996:reg:82
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Provision Reference: reg 82
Character Range: 85013–87092

82      Recommendation by Delegated Authority following thesis examination

(1)    The Delegated Authority must consider the following material:

(a)    the examiners' reports under section 75 (Examiners' reports on thesis examination);

(b)    any examiners' reports under section 78 (Oral examination);

(c)    any comments given to the Registrar under section 79 (Assessor for oral examination);

(d)    any examiners' reports under section 80 (Written examination).

(2)    After considering the material, the Delegated Authority must make one of the following recommendations, in writing, to the Associate Dean:

(a)    that the student be granted the research award;

(b)    that the student be granted the research award subject to the student making specified corrections or revisions, to the satisfaction of the Delegated Authority, in the copy of the thesis to be deposited with the University Library;

(c)    that the student be re-examined by resubmission of thesis or that some or all of the student's coursework during the program be re-examined (or both);

(d)    that the student be failed.

(3)    If the thesis is a thesis by compilation, a recommendation under subsection (2)(b) or (c) must relate only to the exegesis of the thesis or unpublished works.

(4)    The Delegated Authority must recommend that the student be granted the research award if satisfied that the overall results obtained by the student during the program are satisfactory, both in relation to the examination of the student's thesis and in relation to the examination of the student's coursework (if any).

(5)    Subsection (4) does not prevent the Delegated Authority from recommending that the student be granted the research award subject to the student making specified corrections or revisions, to the satisfaction of the Delegated Authority, in the copy of the thesis to be deposited in the University Library.

(6)    If the Delegated Authority's recommendation is that the student be failed, the recommendation must be accompanied by written reasons for the recommendation.