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If the program is carried out within the Institute, at least
one supervisor shall be a member of the academic staff of
the department in which the program is conducted.
Where two supervisors are appointed one shall be desig-
nated the Co-ordinating Supervisor. The Co-ordinating
Supervisor must be a member of the staff of the Institute.
The Co-ordinating Supervisor shall have overall responsi-
bility for the administrative conduct of programs.
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 faculty board, appoint a replacement supervisor.
8. Progress
At the expiry of twelve months from the date of admission
to candidature and at such other times as the Committee
may decide, the Committee requires a report on the
progress of each candidate. The report is 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 assess-
ment of progress.
Where the Committee is of opinion that a candidate's
progress is not, prima facie, of a satisfactory level, a
candidate may be required to show cause why candida-
ture should not be terminated.
Failure on the part of the candidate to demonstrate
satisfactory progress may result in the Committee termi-
nating candidature.
9. Thesis
9.1 Three copies of the thesis shall be submitted to the
Committee. At least two of the copies must be bound.
9.2 The thesis must be typed 1 % spaced, in English, on
A4 size paper, and conform to any other specifications
prescribed by the Committee.
9.3 Repealed.
9.4 One copy of the thesis shall, if passed by the Commit-
tee, be lodged in the Swinburne Library, one shall be
held by the department in which the work was done,
and one shall be returned to the candidate.
9.5 With the Committee's prior approval a candidate may
submit work other than in the form set out in 9.2 and
9.3.
10. Examination
The Committee shall appoint on the recommendation of
the faculty board, on such terms and conditions as the
Committee determines, at least two examiners in respect
of each candidate's thesis. The candidate's supervisor
shall not normally be appointed as an examiner. At least
one examiner shall be external to the Institute.
The name 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 recommend
one of the following courses of action:
(a) that the thesis be passed;
(b) that the thesis be passed subject to the inclusion of
minor specified amendments;
(c) that the thesis be returned to the candidate for major
revision and re-submission within a specified period; or
(d) that the thesis be failed.
Each examiner should indicate whether the report is to be
made available to the candidate in whole or in part.
11. 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 for the degree of
Master 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 Limited.
Confidentiality
It is the Committee's view that in general the public should
have access to the material contained in a masters thesis
once the degree has been awarded. However, the Com-
mittee recognises that where a program of research is
carried out in or in conjunction with the type of organisation
referred to in 5.2 above, the candidate, in order to pursue
such a program, may be given access by that organisation
to restricted information which the candidate or the orga-
nisation does not wish to disclose freely. In such cases the
Committee must receive, in writing, from the organisation,
notice of such materials and the reason why, in its opinion,
disclosure would be undesirable.
Where such material is involved and provided the Commit-
tee's prior approval is obtained, the candidate may submit
a thesis in two volumes, one containing the general thesis,
the second containing only the restricted data or informa-
tion.
The Committee may restrict access to the second volume
for a specified period.Where the thesis has only one
volume, the Committee, on receipt of a request in writing
from the candidate and supported by a statement in writing
from the Head of Department, may order that, for a period
of up to three years from the date of that order, the copies
of the thesis forwarded to the Swinburne Library and the
department shall be made available only to researchers or
readers specifically authorised in writing by the Com-
mittee.
13. Copyright
Copyright in the thesis is the property of Swinburne
Limited. Those rights, or any part of them, may be
assigned by Council, on the advice of the Committee, to
the candidate.
14. Regulations
The Committee may make or amend regulations under
this statute regarding the admission to candidature, re-
ports on candidates during the period of candidature, the
examination of candidates and related matters.
15. Change in statute
This statute may be amended from time to time by Council
on the advice of the Academic Board acting on the
recommendation of the Committee. In the event of an
amendment being made subsequent to the beginning of a
student's candidature, that candidate may elect to con-
tinue under the statute which was in effect at the time his
candidature began.