Your Confirmation Committee will make 1 of 3 recommendations. It can recommend that:

  • Candidature is confirmed (with possibly some conditions applying); or
  • Candidature is not confirmed on the basis that progress is unsatisfactory.

In special circumstances, the Chair of the Confirmation Panel may apply to the Higher Degree Research Committee to extend a student's probationary candidature period (up to 3 months). This may be done, for example, if the candidate is required to revise and resubmit their confirmation report.

If the Confirmation Committee were to recommend termination of a student's candidature, it would need to have strong and documented grounds supporting the action.

For this reason, termination of candidature should never come as a complete surprise to the candidate. Most commonly, the student will have been informed on several occasions by his/her supervisors, HDR Co-ordinator or Head of School that there were concerns about the project, the progress of the research, the candidate's abilities or some other significant matter.

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