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BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Table of Provisions (8)
Statutory Text (8 Articles)
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY – PH.D. –UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE ISLANDS AND SMALL STATES
INSTITUTE
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.738
BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF
PHILOSOPHY – PH.D. –UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
THE ISLANDS AND SMALL STATES INSTITUTE
11th September, 2024
LEGAL NOTICE 222 of 2024.
(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 Islands and Small States Institute.
(2) In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires –
"the Board" means the Board of the Islands and Small States
Institute;
"the Degree" means the degree of Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D.;
“the Institute” means the Islands and Small States Institute; 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 Institute shall be
in possession of one of the following degrees
(a)
a Master’s degree, normally of this or another
University, in an area of study which in the opinion
of the Board is closely related to the theme of the
research proposed; or
(b)
a qualification deemed by Senate, on the
recommendation of the Board, to be equivalent or
higher to the qualification as specified in paragraph
(a) of this bye-law.
Applicants may also be asked to demonstrate competence
in those skills required by the nature of the proposed research.
When the Board deems it necessary, it may require
students to successfully complete a number of study-units during
their studies, and/or to satisfactorily undertake tasks recommended
by the Board, under those conditions that it may impose, after
approval by Senate.
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY – PH.D. –UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE ISLANDS AND SMALL STATES
INSTITUTE
The Board shall approve and publish guidelines on the
format and presentation of the thesis for the Degree, the length of
which is not to be less than 80,000 words.
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 Islands and
Small States Institute, published as Legal Notice 26 of 2016, shall be
deemed to cease to be in force as from 1 October 2024.