S.L. 327.695 Art. 6Eligibility for the Award of Ph.D. Degrees.

(1) The Ph.D. Degree shall be awarded upon the successful defence of a thesis containing original and significant contributions to knowledge in one of the disciplines available for study at the University. The thesis, presented after an appropriate period of supervised research, shall consist of the students’ account of the investigations and research done and shall offer evidence of originality by the discovery of new facts, the development of new theories and/or methods, and/or by the exercise of independent critical judgement and shall constitute an addition to knowledge. The thesis should be conveyed in a lucid and scholarly manner and be of peer-reviewed publishable quality.

(2) The Ph.D. Degree by Practice as Research shall be awarded upon the successful presentation of practice and research, accompanied by relevant documentation of the process as well as the defence of a thesis. In the thesis students shall contextualise and expound upon their practice in relation to their chosen research issue, question, or problem and shall include a retrospective analysis of the practice and result, critically reflecting on the key research issue, question, or problem, chosen methodologies, the definition of processes, evaluation, and contextualisation of the work, and which shall contain original and significant contribution to knowledge.

(3) All doctoral students are expected to take responsibility for their personal and professional development in consultation with their Principal Supervisor. Students are required to provide evidence that they have pursued professional development activities (which may involve taught study-units, attendance at Faculty seminars, workshops, conferences, training sessions and study visits, and the writing and publishing of academic papers both at the time of applying for transfer from the M.Phil. to the Ph.D. Degree and prior to their applying to submit their work for examination). Students commencing their studies as from 1 February 2023 are required to undertake a total of around 100 hours of such activities.

(4) Students shall comply with the provisions of these regulations and of the Faculty Bye-laws and shall also satisfy any other requirements prescribed in any other relevant statutes, regulations, bye-laws and procedures of the University, including applicable ethical and research integrity codes of practice, and health and safety procedures.