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BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Table of Provisions (9)
Statutory Text (9 Articles)
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY – PHD. –UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE CENTRE FOR THE STUDY AND
PRACTICE OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.750
BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF
PHILOSOPHY – PHD. –UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
THE CENTRE FOR THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
5th November, 2024
LEGAL NOTICE 286 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 Centre for the Study and Practice of Conflict Resolution.
(2)
In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires –
"the Board" means the Board of the Centre for the Study and
Practice of Conflict Resolution;
"the Centre" means the Centre for the Study and Practice of
Conflict Resolution;
"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.
The Degree shall be open to applicants in possession of a
Pass with Merit (or equivalent) in a Master’s degree in Conflict
Resolution, Law, Politics, Diplomacy or International Relations or in
a related area. In the case of applicants who hold a Master’s degree
from this or another university, where it is not possible to determine
the equivalence of a Pass with Merit, the Board may determine ad
hoc procedures in order to establish such equivalence.
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 Chair of the Centre (as Chair)
The Director of the Centre, or delegate, and
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY – PHD. –UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE CENTRE FOR THE STUDY AND
PRACTICE OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
A member of the Resident Academic Staff
The Centre Doctoral Committee may co-opt up to two other
members from other Faculties/Institutes/Centres, possessing
academic doctoral qualifications, if deemed necessary.
When the Board deems it necessary, and on the advice of
the Principal Supervisor, it may require students to successfully
complete a number of taught 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.
The Board shall approve and publish guidelines on the
format and presentation of the thesis for the Degree.
The Bye Laws of 2018 in terms of the Doctor of
Philosophy – Ph.D. – Degree Regulations, 2008 for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy under the auspices of the Centre for the Study
and Practice of Conflict Resolution, published as Legal Notice 339 of
2018, shall be deemed to cease to be in force as from 1 October 2024.