1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

policies for the Master of Business (Organisation
Behaviour).
If for any reason a supervisor is unable effectively to
supervise the candidate for a period exceeding three
months, the Committee shall, on the recommendation
of the Divisional Board, appoint a replacement
supervisor.
8. Progress
At the expiry of twelve months from the date of
admission to candidature or such other times as the
Committee may decide, the Committee will request a
report on the progress of each candidate. The report
is to be prepared by the supervisor (or, where there is
more than one supervisor, the Co-ordinating
Supervisor). Prior to the preparation of the report the
supervisor (or Co-ordinating Supervisor) will be
required to interview the candidate. The candidate
will be given access to the report and will have the
opportunity to comment to the Committee on the
supervisor's assessment of progress.
Where the Committee is of the opinion that a
candidate's progress is not, prima facie, of a
satisfactory level, a candidate may be required to show
cause why candidature should not be terminated.
Failure on the part of the candidate to demonstrate
satisfactory progress may result in the Committee
terminating candidature.
9. Thesis
9.1 Three copies of the thesis shall be submitted
to the Academic Registrar. At least two of
the copies must be bound.
9.2 The thesis must be typed 1.5 spaced, in
English, on A4 size paper, and conform to
any other specifications prescribed by the
Committee.
9.3 One copy of the thesis, if ~assed by the
Committee, shall be lodged in the
Swinburne Library, one shall be held by the
School in which the work was done, and
one
shall be returned to the candidate.
9.4 The thesis shall be accompanied by a
certificate from the supervisor(s) stating
that in their opinion the thesis is ready for
examination.
9.5 When submitting the thesis the candidate
must sign a declaration that the thesis
has not previously been submitted for a
degree or similar award at another
institution.
10. Examination
The Committee shall appoint, on the
recommendation of the Divisional Board, on such
terms and conditions as the Committee determines, at
least two examiners in respect of each candidate's
.
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thesis. The candidate's supervisor shall not normally
be appointed as an examiner. At least one examiner
shall be external to the University.
The names of the examiners shall not, without the
approval of the Committee, be disclosed to the
candidate.
Each examiner shall provide a report to the
Committee on the standard of the candidate's thesis
and recommended one of the following courses of
action:
that the degree be awarded;
that the degree be awarded subject to the
inclusion in the thesis of minor specified
amendments;
(c) that the degree be awarded subject to the
candidate passing a written and/or oral
examination in subjects related to the thesis;
(cl) that the thesis be returned to the candidate
for major revision and
re-submission within a specified period;
(e)
that an appropriate Masters degree be
awarded;
(9 that the degree be not awarded.
Each examiner should indicate whether the report is to
be made available to the candidate in whole or in part.
In the case where an oral examination is requested by
an examiner, such examination shall be held in
accordance with procedures determined by the
Committee.
In the case where the Committee, after considering
the reports of the examiners, decides that the thesis be
returned to the candidate for major revision, the
revised thesis must be submitted to the Academic
Registrar within twelve months of the candidate being
notified of the Committee's decision; the thesis may
be submitted only once in its revised form and upon
re-examination the examiners may recommend only
that the thesis be passed or failed. Unless otherwise
determined by the Committee the revised thesis shall
be examined by the same examiners as performed the
initial examination.
Patents and registered designs
The patent rights or right to register a design for any
device, process, chemical or the like which has been
invented or developed by a candidate in the course of
the program being undertaken for the degree shall,
unless otherwise determined by Council on the advice
of the Committee, be the property of Swinburne
University of Technology.
Confidentiality
In general the public should have access to the
material contained in a thesis once the degree has been
awarded. Where a program of research is carried out
in or in conjunction with the type of organisation
referred to in 4.3.2 above, the candidate, in order to