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BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Table of Provisions (9)
Statutory Text (9 Articles)
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY – PH.D. – UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE CENTRE FOR ACADEMIC
LITERACIES AND ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.734
BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF
PHILOSOPHY – PH.D. – UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
THE CENTRE FOR ACADEMIC LITERACIES AND
ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS
11th September, 2024
LEGAL NOTICE 218 of 2024, as amended by Legal Notices 330 of 2024
and 245 of 2025.
(1)
These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws for
the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D. – under the auspices of
the Centre for Academic Literacies and English Communication
Skills.
(2)
In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires –
“the Board” means the Board of the Centre for Academic
Literacies and English Communication Skills;
“the Centre” means the Centre for Academic Literacies and
English Communication Skills;
“the Degree” means the degree of Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D.;
and
“the Principal Regulations” means the Doctor of Philosophy –
Ph.D. – Degree Regulations, 2023.
These bye-laws shall be applicable from 1 October 2024
onwards.
Applicants for the Degree offered by the Centre shall be in
possession of one of the following degrees
(a)
a Master’s degree in the same area of study or in a
related area; or
(b)
a Bachelor’s degree obtained with First Class
Honours or Second Class Honours (Upper
Division) in the same area of study or in a related
area; or
(c)
a qualification deemed by Senate, on the
recommendation of the Board, to be equivalent or
higher to the qualifications listed in paragraphs (a)
and (b) of this bye-law and possessing experience
or knowledge which, in the opinion of the Board,
will enable them to pursue doctoral studies
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY – PH.D. – UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE CENTRE FOR ACADEMIC
LITERACIES AND ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS
successfully.
Applicants may also be asked to demonstrate competence
in those skills required by the nature of the proposed research.
The Board shall recommend to Senate the appointment of
a Centre Doctoral Committee, composed as follows
The Director of the Centre, or delegate, as Chair
3 members who shall be resident academics.
The Centre Doctoral Committee may co-opt other members from
other Faculties/Institutes/Centres, possessing academic doctoral
qualifications, if deemed necessary.
When the Board deems it necessary, it may require
students to successfully complete a number of study-units during the
course of their studies, and/or to satisfactorily undertake tasks
recommended by the Board, under those conditions that it may
impose, after approval by Senate.
The Board shall approve and publish guidelines on the
format and presentation of the thesis for the Degree.
The Bye-Laws of 2016 in terms of the Doctor of
Philosophy – Ph.D. – Degree Regulations, 2008, for the Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D. – under the auspices of the Centre for
English Language Proficiency, published as Legal Notice 377 of
2016, shall be deemed to cease to be in force as from 1 October 2024.