Graduate Awards Rules 2005
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27 Recommendation for admission
26 (1)27.1 WhereIf the prescribed authority is satisfied that the overall results obtained by the candidate, both in the assessment of the thesis and in examination of the course work and any other examinations not related to the assessment of the thesis, are satisfactory, the prescribed authority willmust recommend to the Board that the candidate be admitted to the degree.
(2)27.2 WhereIf the prescribed authority recommends admission to the degree under subrule (1)27.1 in any case wherein which-:
(a) ) the candidate has not obtained a satisfactory result in any examination following course work or other examination not related to the assessment of the thesis; or
(b) any examiner of the thesis has recommended the revision and re-examination of the thesis or has assessed it as unsatisfactory,
the prescribed authority willmust transmit a copy of the recommendation, together with the reports of the examiners of the thesis and of the results of the examinations following course work and any other assessment to the Committee.
(3)27.3 WhereIf the prescribed authority:-
(a) ) is not satisfied in accordance with sub-rulesubrule (1)27.1 in relation to the results obtained by a candidate; or
(b) ) is satisfied that the candidate should be required to be re-examined by submission of a revised thesis or re-examination of course work, or both;,
the prescribed authority willmust submit to the Committee the reports of the examiners of the thesis and of the results of the examinations following course work and any other assessment to the Committee.
(5)27.4 After consideration of the reports referred to in subrules (2)27.2 and (27.3), the Committee may, notwithstanding anything in the reports and any observations about the candidate made by the prescribed authority- :
(a) recommend to the Board that the candidate be admitted to the degree; , or be admitted to the degree, subject to making any corrections or revisions in the thesis to the satisfaction of the prescribed authority in the copy of the thesis intended for deposit with the University Library; or
(b) require the candidate to be re-examined by resubmission of thesis or re-examination of course work or both as the case requires; or
(c) resolve that the candidate be not be recommended for the award of the degree.