Revise and Resubmit
If the outcome of the examination is revise and resubmit, you are encouraged
to discuss the result with your supervisors and to determine how much additional
research and writing will be required before your thesis can be presented for
reexamination. You have three months in which to decide whether to revise and
resubmit and to notify the Graduate Centre of your decision. If you do not
notify the Graduate Centre within this time, it will be concluded that you do
not wish to revise and resubmit your thesis for examination.
If you choose to revise and resubmit, the following procedures apply:
• You will be granted a maximum of twelve months of candidature from
the date on which you notify the Graduate Centre that you wish to revise and
resubmit in which to represent your thesis for examination. The twelve month
time limit applies irrespective of whether you are a full time or half time
student. However, any approved periods of leave of absence will extend your
candidature expiry date
• On submission of your revised thesis for examination, you are required
to provide a comprehensive statement outlining the substantive changes made
to the thesis prior to resubmission together with a concise defence against
any of the examiner(s)' recommendations for change that were not accepted
• Under normal circumstances, the revised thesis will be examined by
the original examiners. However, for valid academic reasons, the Research
Education and Development Committee (REDC) may decide that the thesis be examined
by different examiner(s). Such a decision is very rarely undertaken and will
be made on a case-by-case basis
• The examiners will be advised that your thesis has been revised and
resubmitted and will be instructed to check whether or not the requirements
for additional work specified by the original examiners and in your supervisor(s)'
report and outcome letter, have been addressed
• Examiners will also be advised not to introduce new areas of substantive
concern in the re-examination and
• Examiners will be asked not to recommend an outcome of 'revise
and resubmit' as the University's rules only permit a student
to revise and resubmit his/her thesis for examination once
• Following consideration by REDC, the outcome of the reexamination
will be to award the degree (with or without amendments), to award a lesser
qualification in the case of a doctoral examination (with or without amendments)
or to not award the degree.
Where the examination outcome is to award the degree or lesser qualification
with amendments, you will be permitted a maximum of three months from the date
of notification of the outcome in which to undertake the required amendments.
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