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| HOME ADMISSIONS Predegree Cert. & Diploma Undergraduate Postgraduate Sandwich Distance Education International ACADEMICS CAMPUS LIFE ADMINISTRATION ALUMNI INFO & NEWS |
TEACHING STAFF QUALIFICATIONS Master’s/Ph.D degree programmes Teachers for postgraduate courses shall be Ph.D holders with at least one year post-doctorate qualification experience in a University or Research Institute. Other categories of staff below the rank of Senior Lecturer, may be approved by Senate on the recommendation of the Board of the School of Postgraduate Studies. All such teachers shall not be registered postgraduate students. Postgraduate Diploma Programme Teaching staff not below the rank of Lecturer I may be assigned to teach appropriate diploma programme. Postgraduate Supervision Supervisors for Master’s and Ph.D candidates For each Ph.D degree student, one major supervisor and one co-supervisor should be selected by the PG Committee of the department and approved by the School PG Committee, SPGS Board and finally by the Senate.
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exceptional circumstances a single supervisor may be appointed. For Master’s degree and Postgraduate Diploma students, single supervisors are sufficient.
Eligibility b. Supervisors for Ph.D candidates must be people with Ph.D and at least the rank of Senior Lecturer or equivalent and must be people recognised in their fields of specialisation. c. First time higher degree supervisors shall be expected to handle candidates at the Master’s level only. d. A Department may recommend a Co-supervisor from another related department when necessary. e. A Department may also appoint an external supervisor who shall be paid an honorarium as approved by the University. Major supervisor shall receive full allowance as appropriate while co-supervisor will receive half as much.
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Each Supervisor shall be required to supervise note more than either: The workload of the supervisor for full-time students should be as follows: 3 units for a Ph.D student; 2 units for a Master’s and 1.5 units for a PGD student. The workload of the co-supervisor should be considered half as much. For Part-time students the workload of the supervisor should be considered as half as much and in no case should exceed 30 units of supervision load for a given supervisor. Appointment a. For Master’s degree students, supervisors shall be appointed by the relevant Departmental Postgraduate Committee from teaching/research staff of the University. Where it is necessary to use expertise from outside the University for student supervision at least one member of the Supervisory Committee shall be a staff of the relevant department. A Ph.D candidate after consultation with his/her supervisor of choice expresses the specific area in his application in which he is willing to carry out his Ph.D work. b. The appointment of the supervisor for the Ph.D candidate is then subject to approval by the appropriate School Postgraduate Studies Committee and the Board of the School of Postgraduate Studies and the Senate at the time of admission. c. A supervisor may be changed when and where necessary subject to the following due processes: i) A written request from the student should be submitted to the Department, this should be routed through the Departmental and School Postgraduate to the Board of the School of Postgraduate Studies. The request must clearly state the reason(s) for seeking a change of supervision. The Board of the School of Postgraduate Studies shall consider the request and make an appropriate recommendation to Senate. ii) In a case where the supervisor to be changed is also the Head of Department, the candidate shall still follow the normal channels of communications but advance copies of the request should be sent to both the Dean of his School and Dean of the School of Postgraduate Studies. The Dean of the Postgraduate School shall initiate actions to consider the request if no further communications is received from the Department and School concerned. Duties and Responsibilities a) Major Supervisors shall among other duties: i) advise and guide the student in his studies, both course work and research/project work, making themselves readily available to the student for consultations at regular intervals throughout the duration of the programme; ii) submit written regular progress reports of each student on a semester basis to the Postgraduate School Board through the Departmental and School Postgraduate using the approved format; iii) be conversant with the student’s registration status in order to effectively guide his studies to a successful end within the allowed period of time; iv) inform the Postgraduate School, through the normal channels, if and when any member of the Supervisory Committee is compelled by absence, illness or otherwise to relinquish his supervisory role; v) initiate any necessary action through the Department and the appropriate School Postgraduate , and keeping the Postgraduate School Board fully informed, if, at any time the student’s health, behaviour or work deteriorates, or if his circumstances change in such a way as to adversely affect his postgraduate programme.
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Where a student spends part or all of his required time in another institution,
the external supervisor shall be required to submit a written progress
report on the candidate at the end of each semester in that institution. Such
a supervisor should also be required to participate along with the internal
supervisor in the oral examination of the candidate. back to top back to School of Postgraduate
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