Principal supervisors need to contact and specify at least 2 experts to examine a thesis.
All relevant answers must be completed.
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Workflows:
Workflows have been enabled with this form to facilitate authorisations and signatures as follows:
Principal Supervisor to complete form, then submit the form to the Faculty/ School Administration
Faculty / School Administration will review, then submit the form to the delegate for endorsement
Delegate to endorse, then submit to Dean of Graduate Studies or Delegatefor endorsement
Dean of Graduate Studies or Delegate to endorse, then submit to research office ( HDR Exams) for processing
For queries about the process, or difficulties using the form, please contact the HDR Examination Coordinator by phone at +61 8 8946 or by email at HDRexams@cdu.edu.au
Principal supervisors must ensure that
all examiners have attained a degree that is at least equivalent to the candidate they are examining—or, in rare circumstances, have published work that evidently fulfils this criterion
all examiners have attained a track record of research or scholarship in a field that overlaps with the thesis
all examiners are active in research or scholarship at this time
for PhD candidates, at least one of the examiners lives outside Australia—unless the principal researcher can argue that only Australian academics would be interested in this thesis
all examiners have formally accepted the invitation to examine
none of the examiners could be biased by a conflict of interest.
For example, examiners might be biased by a conflict of interest if they had
worked at CDU during the time the thesis was completed
published with the supervisor in the last five years
developed a close relationship or friendship with the candidate or supervisors
Please enter the details of the proposed examiners in the following boxes.
In addition, you must attach a CV of each examiner—or at least a list of academic positions and relevant publications
The candidate has been informed that they can contact HDRExams@cdu.edu.au to indicate people who may be inappropriate examiners
Please select the Faculty / School administration office email address, then press submit.
The Faculty / School administration office will then submit to the delegate for endorsement.
Please select DGS or Delegates email from drop down box below, then press submit.
Professor Tara Brabazon - Dean of Graduate Studies
Professor Steve Rogers - Deputy Vice Chancellor - Research and Innovation ( please only select if the DGS is on the supervisory panel)
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