S.L. 327.328 Art. 52Monitoring of students’ progress.

Bye-laws shall establish methods and stipulate procedures for the effective monitoring of students’ progress throughout their studies. These shall include measures to ensure that:

(a) written progress reports are submitted regularly by Principal Supervisors to an appropriate faculty/ departmental committee or panels of supervision for individual students or groups of students; such reports may include a recommendation either to (a) grant an extension of the study period in order to enable the students to complete the dissertation; or (b) to terminate the studies prematurely if the relevant faculty/departmental committee deems this to be proper in the circumstances; provided that for (a), the period of extension of studies shall be according to regulation 21(1); and for (b), the student may appeal his case before Senate within 15 days from the notice of termination;

(b) substantial modification of title or content of dissertation, requests for extension of studies or suspension of studies are considered and decided upon expeditiously;

(c) students’ research is not hindered in unforeseeable circumstances, such as when a supervisor is absent for a long period; and

(d) requests by students about matters relating to their studies (including a request to change their Principal Supervisor if there are serious reasons) are adequately considered.