S.L. 327.493 Art. 45Boards of Examiners for taught study-units and the dissertation.

(1) Boards of Examiners shall be appointed by Senate on the recommendation of the Board composed as follows:

(a) for taught study-units: a chairperson, who shall normally be the Head of the Department academically responsible for the study-unit, and not less than two other examiners, including the lecturer of the study-unit; and

(b) for the dissertation study-unit: not less than three examiners, one of whom shall act as chairperson and including an external examiner. The members of the Board of Examiners shall be academics experienced in research in the general area of the student’s dissertation and, where practicable, shall have experience as specialists in the topic to be examined, provided that two of the examiners, including the external examiner, shall be academics who command authority within the area of research concerned.

(2) The oral examination of the dissertation shall be conducted by at least three examiners including the external examiner.

(3) Dissertation supervisors, co-supervisors and advisers shall be precluded from being examiners for the dissertation but the dissertation supervisor shall be invited to attend as an observer during the oral examination. He may contribute if invited to do so by the members of the Board of Examiners but must withdraw prior to the final deliberations of the Board of Examiners.