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Examining Research Students (formerly called 'Understanding the Post Grad Examination Process')

to
Campus
Glasnevin Campus
Venue
TBC
Target Audience
Staff
The programme will benefit academic colleagues who are supervising research students, and either in the early stage of their research examining career or expect to take on the role of research examiner in the near future.
Is registration required?
Yes
Free of charge or ticket price
Free
For more information contact
learning.development@dcu.ie

Course code: DCU006

This programme, facilitated by the Graduate Studies Offices, is designed to support academic colleagues who are at the early stage of their career as research award examiners.

 

Examining Research Students

The Graduate Studies Office, together with the Learning & Development section of Human Resources have designed this programme to support staff who are appointed as internal examiners for Masters by Research, Professional Doctorates or PhDs.

Please note that, under DCU Academic Regulations, this training is mandatory for those new to examination of the awards listed above if the examiner does not meet the criteria set out in the Academic Regulations for Postgraduate Degrees by Research and Thesis.

 

The session will last for 2.5 hours.

 

The aims of the programme are to:

  • Explain the role and responsibilities of the Internal Examiner

  • Explain the regulations, policies and procedures that pertain to examining the awards listed above

  • Ensure that internal examiners are well-positioned to carry out their duties as examiners

 

Please note that a minimum of 5 participants is required to run this session.

 

This session will run again in Semester 2. 

HOW TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE

1. Log in to your Core HR portal 
2. Click the Learning and Development tab 
3. Type DCU006 into the Keywords search field and click Search.

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