Nominating Research Degree Examiners
The University appoints two examiners for all research degree candidates. In certain circumstances a chair may be appointed, if this is deemed appropriate.
Nominations for examiners are reviewed and approved by the Graduate Dean and departments are encouraged to read the criteria for appointing examiners before making their nominations.
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Consider Criteria for Appointing Examiners
Please note the specific guidance for nominating external examiners who are resident outside the UK Additional criteria apply for appointing an exam chair. |
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Complete Nomination of Examiners Form The nomination of examiners form should be completed in full. Where collaboration between the candidate's supervisor(s) and the proposed examiner is indentified, full details of the nature and type of collaboration need to be provided. |
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Return Nomination of Examiners Form to the Graduate School Office The nomination of examiners form needs to be signed by the Head of School/Department or their nominee. Appropriate nominees are the postgraduate tutor, Deputy Head of School/Department, or the Director of Research. Please return the form to the Graduate School Office. If you are emailing the form please ensure that signatures are of the scanned/full signature version and not simply typed into the form as we are unable to accept forms that have solely typed signatures. |
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Nominations Recorded and Forwarded to Graduate Dean for Approval Once the Graduate School Office has received the fully completed nomination form this will logged and forwarded to the Graduate Dean for approval. |
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Approval Once approval is obtained, this will be logged on the Graduate School Office database and the thesis will be ready to be sent out to examiners. If the Graduate Dean requires any further information regarding the nomination, or has turned down the nomination, we will contact you and explain the reasons for this and what further action is needed. |
