HDR25 – Recommendation of Examiners

Principal supervisors need to contact and specify at least 2 experts to examine a thesis. One examiner should be Australian.

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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

Who can examine a thesis

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
at least one of the examiners should be Australian, and one may be international —unless the principal researcher can argue that only Australian/ international academics would be suitable
all examiners have accepted the invitation to examine and agree to return an examiner report within 4- 6 weeks of receiving the thesis.
none of the examiners are biased by a conflict of interest.

For example, examiners might be biased by a conflict of interest if they had

worked or studied at CDU during the time the thesis was completed
published with the supervisor or student in the last five years
worked with the supervisor on a project in the last 5 years
developed a close relationship or friendship with the candidate or supervisors

All potential conflicts of interest will be reviewed by the ADR Review Panel which meets once per month which may delay the examination. To avoid delays, supervisors are encouraged to select examiners with no potential conflicts.

Section 1: Details of the Candidate

Name of Candidate *

Student Number *

Course *

Doctor of PhilosophyMasters by Research

Expected thesis submission date *Added 16/01/26

Faculty or School name *

Principal Supervisor Name *

Principal Supervisor email address *

Section 2: Examiners

Please enter the details of the proposed examiners in the following boxes starting with the Australian examiner, if applicable.

In addition, you must attach a CV of each examiner—or at least a list of academic positions and relevant publications.

Note: Examiners who have worked at CDU during the student's candidature / last 5 years or have a close relationship with the supervisor or student, will NOT be approved as an examiner. Other potential conflicts may need to be reviewed by the ADR Review Panel which meets monthly.

Details of Examiner 1 (Australian examiner if applicable)

Name *

Phone number *

Email address *

Highest qualification *

Doctor of PhilosophyMasters by Research

Current position *

Current employer *

Reason this examiner was chosen including justification if no Australian examiner has been included *You may refer to how the expertise of this examiner overlaps with the contents of this thesis as well as experience of this person. If this examiner is NOT Australian, please provide a justification why no Australian examiners were selected.

Potential conflicts of interest (Examiner 1)

The questions below relate to potential conflicts of interest.

Please note that any potential conflicts of interest will need to be considered by the ADR Review Panel, which meets monthly.

Does this examiner have a close relationship, friendship or conflict of interest with any member of the supervisory team or with the student? If yes, provide details. *

Has any of the supervisory team of the student or the student themselves published with this examiner? If yes, provide details of when and what *

Has the proposed examiner worked on a research project with the student or any of the supervisors in the last 5 years? If yes, provide details of when and what *

Did this examiner work or study at CDU during the student's candidature? If yes, provide details *

Has the examiner? *

Agreed to return an examiner report within 4 - 5 weeks of receiving the thesis

Please upload examiner CV which includes academic positions, relevant publications, and experience in HDR thesis examination and supervision *

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(A link to the examiner’s research profile is not sufficient unless it contains all of this information)

Details of Examiner 2

Name *

Phone number *

Email address *

Highest qualification *

Doctor of PhilosophyMasters by Research

Current position *

Current employer *

Reason this examiner was chosen *You may refer to how the expertise of this examiner overlaps with the contents of this thesis as well as experience of this person

Potential conflicts of interest (Examiner 2)

The questions below relate to potential conflicts of interest.

Please note that any potential conflicts of interest will need to be considered by the ADR Review Panel, which meets monthly.

Does this examiner have a close relationship, friendship or conflict of interest with any member of the supervisory team or with the student? If yes, provide details. *

Has any of the supervisory team of the student or the student themselves published with this examiner? If yes, provide details of when and what *

Has the proposed examiner worked on a research project with the student or any of the supervisors in the last 5 years? If yes, provide details of when and what *

Did this examiner work or study at CDU during the student's candidature? If yes, provide details *

Has the examiner *

Agreed to return an examiner report within 4-5 weeks of receiving the thesis

Please upload examiner CV which includes academic positions, relevant publications, and experience in HDR thesis examination and supervision *

Browse

(A link to the examiner’s research profile is not sufficient unless it contains all of this information)

Details of Reserve - Optional

Please note that while a reserve examiner is optional, including one may save time if a conflict of interest is found with one of the preferred 2 examiners, or if an examiner does not return the report in the first 4-5 weeks after receiving the thesis.

Name

Phone number

Email address

Highest qualification

Doctor of PhilosophyMasters by Research

Current employer

Reason this examiner was chosenYou may refer to how the expertise of this examiner overlaps with the contents of this thesis as well as experience of this person

Potential conflicts of interest (Examiner 3)

The questions below relate to potential conflicts of interest.

Please note that any potential conflicts of interest will need to be considered by the ADR Review Panel, which meets monthly.

Does this examiner have a close relationship, friendship or conflict of interest with any member of the supervisory team or with the student? If yes, provide details.

Has any of the supervisory team of the student or the student themselves published with this examiner? If yes, provide details of when and what

Has the proposed examiner worked on a research project with the student or any of the supervisors in the last 5 years? If yes, provide details of when and what

Did this examiner work or study at CDU during the student's candidature? If yes, provide details

Has the examiner

Agreed to return an examiner report within 4 - 5 weeks of receiving the thesis

Please upload examiner's CV which includes academic positions, relevant publications, and experience in HDR thesis examination and supervision

Browse

(A link to the examiner’s research profile is not sufficient unless it contains all of this information)

Section 3: Declaration by principal supervisor

The candidate has been informed that they can contact HDRExams@cdu.edu.au to indicate people who may be inappropriate examiners

Principal Supervisor Signature *

Clear

Date Principal signed *

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.

Faculty / School Administration Office *

Section 4: Faculty / School Administration

Is the Principal Supervisor listed on this form the same as the one listed in the student management system? *

YesNo

Please check Callista or the SRS report. If they do not match, contract HDR Team to advise. (Added 18/11/25)

Faculty School Administration Name *

Any additional comments here

Delegate email *

Section 5: Faculty / School Delegate Endorsement

Examiners supported? *

YesNo

Were any potential conflicts of interest declared or noted? *

Yes - and I will present this at the next ADR review panel for considerationYes - but the examiner has provided a replacement examiner following discussions with ADRNoOther

Question added 21/01/26

Comments?

Faculty / School Delegate name *

Faculty / School Delegate signature *

Clear

Date Signed *

Please select DGS or Delegates email from the drop-down box below, then press submit.

Professor Steven Greenland - Dean of Graduate Studies
Professor Steve Rogers - Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Research and Innovation (please only select if the DGS is on the supervisory panel)

DGS or Delegate email *

Section 6: Dean of Graduate Studies or Delegate Endorsement

Agree / Do not agree? *

AgreeDo not Agree

Please advise the reasons and recommendations to be sent to the Supervisor and ADR *

Comments

Delegate Name *

Dean of Graduate Studies or Delegate Signature *

Clear

Date signed *

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