Chapter 3 – Policy Implications for Gaelic - University of Edinburgh

abbreviating the prescribed period to 1 year full time equivalent in order to complete a MSc
by Research, completing a 2 year full time equivalent prescribed period to complete a MPhil,
or extending the prescribed to 3 years full time equivalent in order to complete a PhD.
Conversion can only be considered prospectively, in advance of completing the necessary
prescribed period of research, and will incur tuition fees applicable for the new degree and
any bench fees as agreed with the supervisors.
85. A student must submit a thesis specially written for the degree concerned and must
not have submitted it in candidature for any other degree, postgraduate diploma or
professional qualification. Material to be included in a thesis may be published before the
thesis is submitted. The thesis must record the fact of such publication. The thesis must
conform to the Postgraduate Research Degree Assessment Regulations.
86. A student must incorporate in the thesis a signed declaration:
(a) that the thesis has been composed by the student, and
(b) either that the work is the student’s own or, if the student has been a member of a
research group, that the student has made a substantial contribution to the work,
such contribution being clearly indicated in the declaration, and
(c) that the student has not submitted the thesis in candidature for any other degree,
postgraduate diploma or professional qualification .
87. Two copies of the thesis, three if you are/have been a member of staff, must be
submitted to the College Postgraduate Researcher Experience Committee for examination.
Copies of the thesis shall remain the property of the University.
88. While author’s copyright subsists in the thesis and in the abstract of the thesis, each
student will be asked to grant the University the right to publish the abstract of the thesis
approved and/or to authorise its publication for any scholarly purpose with proper
acknowledgement of authorship.
89. The College will appoint one internal examiner, who shall not have been the
student’s supervisor, and one external examiner of the thesis. External examiners shall be a
recognised authority in the subject matter of the thesis and their appointment shall be
subject to the approval of the College. In special circumstances more than one internal or
external examiner may be appointed.
90. The examiners report to the College. They may judge a thesis satisfactory subject to
specified modifications. In such circumstances the student will be permitted to graduate
only after the College has received a statement, signed by the internal examiner, that the
modifications have been made.
91. If in the opinion of the examiners the thesis is not of sufficient merit to justify the
award of the degree, the student may be given the opportunity to resubmit the thesis
provided that effect is given to any recommendation the examiners and the College may
make regarding further studies or the format or content of the thesis.
92. If the thesis is deemed to be sufficiently worthy the College may award the Degree
of MD be conferred either with Distinction or with Distinction and the award of a Gold
Medal.
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