S.L. 327.521 Art. 9Panel of Supervision.

(1) The Board shall appoint a Panel of Supervision for each student, normally composed of three members as follows: the Director of the Centre, or his or her delegate, as Chairman, and two other members, one of whom being the research supervisor, provided that when the Director is the supervisor, he or she shall not chair the Panel.

(2) The Panel of Supervision shall follow as it deems fit the progress of the students throughout the course, provided that it meets at least twice a year to review such progress.

(3) Students shall be required to report to their supervisors at least once every two months, and in addition, as often as the supervisor deems necessary.

(4) At the end of each semester of study, supervisors shall be required to submit to the Panel of Supervision reports for the students under their supervision, whether they are following the

(6) The Panel of Supervision shall periodically inform the Board, in writing, on the general performance of each student. Such reports may include recommendations to either (a) extend the period of study in order to enable the student to complete the dissertation; or (b) terminate studies prematurely if the supervisor deems this to be proper in the circumstances, provided that:

(i) the extension of the study period referred to in (a) shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Principal Regulations; and

(ii) the Board may not terminate studies prematurely according to (b) until it has first given the student a chance to be heard.