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6 Progression and Exclusion

 DelegationDelegate
6.1.1

Authority to approve progression requirements for each course.

Academic Senate

6.1.2Authority to appoint academic staff members to form an academic progress review panel and nominate one member to act as Chair.Executive Dean
6.1.3Authority to determine an academic progress review rating.Executive Dean
6.1.4Authority to determine that a supplementary academic progress review is required.Executive Dean
6.1.5Authority to determine whether an applicant for admission has provided a satisfactory explanation of the circumstances for exclusion from a diploma or degree program for failure to meet progress requirements.Executive Dean
DelegationDelegate
6.2.1

Authority to limit work experience and employment for full-time Higher Degree by Research candidates.

Academic Senate

6.2.2Authority to approve exceptions to work experience and employment limits for full-time Higher Degree by Research candidates.Pro Vice-Chancellor  for Graduate Research
6.2.3Authority to require Higher Degree by Research candidates to provide satisfactory evidence of progress in their candidature and participate in a progress review interview.Academic Senate
6.2.4Authority to determine that a Higher Degree by Research candidate has demonstrated satisfactory academic performance and specify conditions of candidature to apply following an annual review of progress.Graduate Research Coordinator
6.2.5Authority to determine that a Higher Degree by Research candidate has failed to demonstrate satisfactory academic performance and allow the student to continue to be enrolled with conditions or recommend that the student be asked to show good cause why he or she should be permitted to continue the candidature.Pro Vice-Chancellor  for Graduate Research
6.2.6Authority to allow a research student’s candidature to continue and specify conditions of candidature to apply after considering the recommendation from the Supervisor.Graduate Research Coordinator
6.2.7Authority to approve an extension of candidature with a latest date for submission of thesis for examination beyond the maximum degree period.Pro Vice-Chancellor  for Graduate Research
6.2.8

Authority to determine the requirements that must be met before Higher Degree by Research candidature can be confirmed.

Academic Senate

6.2.9Authority to grant confirmation of candidature to a Higher Degree by Research candidate.Confirmation Committee
6.2.10Authority to grant an extension to the confirmation period.Pro Vice-Chancellor  for Graduate Research
6.2.11Authority to approve transfer of candidature from a doctoral degree to a masters by research degree as an outcome of a review of progress.Pro Vice-Chancellor  for Graduate Research
6.2.12Authority to implement a Candidature Management Plan where academic progress has been unsatisfactory.Graduate Research Coordinator
6.2.13Authority to impose on a Higher Degree by Research candidate a material condition of candidature where academic progress has been unsatisfactory.Pro Vice-Chancellor  for Graduate Research
6.2.14Authority to conduct a preliminary investigation into a Higher Degree by Research candidate’s candidature where termination has been recommended.Pro Vice-Chancellor  for Graduate Research
6.2.15

Authority to terminate a research student’s Higher Degree by Research candidature.

Pro Vice-Chancellor  for Graduate Research
6.2.16

Authority to determine whether a candidate whose candidature stands to be terminated will:

  • be eligible to reapply for admission as a candidate; or
  • receive recognition of academic credit for study and research completed; or
  • in the case of Doctoral candidates, be permitted to transfer to a Master of Research Degree.
Pro Vice-Chancellor  for Graduate Research
 DelegationDelegate
6.3.1

Authority to require a student who has not met progression requirements to show cause why re-enrolment should be permitted.

Executive Dean
6.3.2Authority to require a student who has failed or discontinued a unit of study more than once to show cause why re-enrolment in that unit should be permitted.Executive Dean
6.3.3Authority to require a student who fails or discontinues a year of a course or a unit of study having been admitted or re-admitted after failure or discontinuation in the immediately prior year to show cause why further re-enrolment should be permitted.Executive Dean
6.3.4

Authority to permit a student who has shown cause to re-enrol.

Executive Dean
6.3.5Authority to permit a student who has failed to show cause to re-enrol in a course, subject to restrictions on units of study.Executive Dean
6.3.6Authority to exclude from a course a student who has failed to show cause.Executive Dean
DelegationDelegate
6.4.1

Authority to require a Higher Degree by Research candidate to show cause why he or she should be permitted to continue the candidature.

Pro Vice-Chancellor  for Graduate Research
6.4.2

Authority to determine that a Higher Degree by Research candidate has shown cause and permit the student to continue.

Pro Vice-Chancellor  for Graduate Research
 DelegationDelegate
6.5.1

Authority to re-admit a student into a course they are formally excluded from within the minimum twelve-month exclusion period.

Associate Dean Learning and Teaching Performance
6.5.2

Authority to grant credit for work completed at the University or at another institution during a period of exclusion from a coursework award course.

Executive Dean
DelegationDelegate
6.6.1

Authority to cancel the enrolment of an international student visa holder who does not follow the enrolment advice to meet progression requirements, or whose enrolment is required to be cancelled for failing to meet student visa conditions.

Executive Director Student Services

6.6.2

Authority to make a decision in relation to an application from an international student visa holder to transfer to another educational institution.

Executive Director Student Services