Flowchart for Supervisors & Students for Approval of Research for a Dissertation / Thesis

Created by Juanita Haug – 14 March 2011

Present to: Small committee &

(Arranged by supervisor)

Minute Document to complete

Submit To: Departmental Research Committee

(Arranged by supervisor with secretary of the Committee)

(7 days prior to the monthly meeting)

Present To: Departmental Research Committee

Complete the following:

Ethics Application Form (Student).doc

Guidelines for Informed Consent.doc

Checklist for Ethics Form.doc

Title Registration Form (Supervisor).doc

Checklist for Title Registration Form.doc

Faculty Data Storage Form.doc

Memorandum of Understanding.doc

Coming Soon! TurnItIn (check it out) The Process That Follows:

The Post-graduate Departmental Administrator types title registration form & gives it to the supervisor to sign

The Post-graduate Departmental Administrator

submits all the forms to the Chair of Departmental Research Committee to sign

The Post-graduate Departmental Administrator

submits all the forms to the HOD to sign The Post-graduate Departmental Administrator

submits all the forms to the Administrator of Post-graduate Studies

The Post-graduate Administrator of Post-

graduate Studies submits forms to the Faculty's Research & Ethics Committee

The Committee reviews application and gives

feedback to student & supervisor

The Supervisor sends the following to the Post-graduate Departmental Administrator:

Completed Proposal Guidelines / Form

Ethics Form including: - Signature of supervisor & student - Consent Forms - Research instruments, e.g. interview guide - Supervisors Declaration of storage of data form - Principal Investigators Declaration of storage of

data form

Title Registration Form (student) including: - Proof of language editing of title

Appointment of External Examiners(s): Request CV from proposed examiner(s) and

submit to Post-graduate Departmental

Administrator to complete application form

If you are going to do a: MA Mini-Dissertation (Clinical, Counselling & Research)

MA Dissertation (Academic) PhD / DPhill Thesis

Complete the following: Proposal Guidelines Form.doc

Checklist of Proposal Guidelines Form.doc

If you are doing: MA Dissertation (Academic)

PhD / DPhill Thesis

Follow this Route

If you are doing: MA Mini-Dissertation

(Clinical, Counselling or Research)

Follow this Route