Chapter 3 – Policy Implications for Gaelic - University of Edinburgh

(c) that a student who does not hold the degree of BDS, as appropriate, from the
University of Edinburgh has undertaken a substantial proportion of the work (greater
than 75%) contributing to the thesis while in post in South-East Scotland *, and
(d) that the student has not submitted the thesis in candidature for any other degree,
postgraduate diploma or professional qualification .
* For this purpose, South-East Scotland is the areas covered by the Borders, Fife and Lothian
Health Boards.
100. 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.
101. 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.
102. The College shall appoint one internal examiner, who shall not have been the
student’s adviser, and one external examiner of the thesis. External examiners shall be of
recognised eminence 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.
103. 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.
104. 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.
105. If the thesis is deemed to be sufficiently worthy the College may award the Degree
of DDS be conferred either with Distinction or with Distinction and the award of a Gold
Medal.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (DVM&S)
106. An applicant for the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (DVM&S)
must normally be:
(a) a graduate of the University of Edinburgh of at least two years’ standing, or a
graduate of another approved University of at least three years’ standing who has
served as a member of staff (ordinary or honorary) of the University of Edinburgh for
a continuous period of not less than two years, and
(b) registered to practise Veterinary Medicine within the United Kingdom, and
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