1 The form and method of reproduchon of each thesis to be submitted for a degree shall be sub1ect to approval as follows
(a) a sample copy of each of four represen tat1ve pages m the form proposed by the candidate shall be submitted to the L1branan so that the method of repro ducbon may be approved,
(b) unless otherwise approved by the Ltbranan, theses shall be presented on quarto or A4 paper on one side of the paper only double spaced, and with margms of at least 4cm on the left hand side and 2cm on the nght hand side and sufficient at the top and bottom to allow for tnmmmg dunng bmchng
2 Each thesis when subnutted for a degree, shall be in the form and by the method of reproduction approved by the Ltbranan tn accordance with Clause 1 above
3 When the thesis 1s submitted for exammat1on four copies shall be lodged with the Faculty Registrar If the thesis, or any part of 1t, ts typewntten the four copies shall include the ongmal
4 The thesis shall incorporate 1n the following order
(a) a htle page gtVIng the title of the thesis m full, the names and degrees of the candidate, the name of the academic organisational unit and Faculty of the University associated with the work and the date when submitted for the degree (b) table of contents
(c) a sununary in not more than 500 words, (d) the following declaration signed by the
canchdate
'I certify that this thesis does not incorporate without acknowledgment any matenal preVIously submitted for a degree or diploma in any wuvers1ty and that to the best of my knowledge and behef 1t does not contain any matenal previously publtshed or written by another person except where due reference 1s made 1n the text
(e) the followmg declarat10n signed by the pnnc1pal supervisor (where the thesis 1s submitted with the approval of the supemsor)
I beheve that this thesis is properly presented, conforms to the specifications of thesis presentation m the Un1vers1ty and 1s przma fac1e worthy of examtnahon ' (f) an acknowledgment by the candidate of
help given or work earned out by another person or organ1sahon
(g) the mam text,
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(h) appendices if any (1) b1bhography
5 Diagrams figures photographs etc, should where pracbcable, be drawn or photographed on quarto or A4 paper All full page figures should form a nght hand page with the legend either at the bottom or tf necessary, on the page facmg the figures Diagrams, maps tables, etc exceeding quarto or A4 size should be folded so as to read as a nght hand page when open If chagrams figures photography, etc are to be mounted on a page a dry mounting process should be used
6 Wherever possible tables should be inserted m the appropnate place 10 the text but lengthy or bulky tables should appear as an appenchx.
7 A form of temporary bmchng may be used for the subm1ss1on of theses to examiners Examiners shall be informed that the presentation of theses 10 soft bound form ts Un1vers1ty procedure and the degree shall not be awarded until permanently bound copies are subnutted to the Faculty
On completion of the exam1nation process, and before a recommendation for the award of a degree can be forwarded to the Faculty Board, a candidate shall be requued to submit two permanently bound copies of the theses with the Faculty Registrar The thesis shall be sewn, trimmed and bound with stiff covers bound with dark cloth The Faculty Board shall recommend to Academic Senate that the degree be awarded The Academic Senate shall certify that the candidate has quahfied for the award of the degree
8 On the spine of the thesis shall be given tn gold lettenng of smtable. size the surname of the candidate and the title of the thesis, abbrevtated tf necessary If the lettenng will not fit across the spme 1t shall run along the spme readmg from top to bottom
9 When pubhshed papers are submitted as add1nonal eVIdence they shall be bound m the back of the thesis as an appenchx
10 When a thesis is accepted for the award of a degree two copies shall be lodged by the Faculty Registrar 10 the Library and one copy shall not be available for loan In the case of a typewntten thesis the two copies shall be the ongmal and one other copy, and the onginal copy shall not be available for loan In appropnate cases the second copy lodged in the Library may by arrangement wt th the Libra.nan, be housed 10 a Faculty The second copy must be available for loan to approved borrowers on demand
11 Unless otherwise approved by the Academic Senate in accordance with the provisions of Clause 13 below access to theses accepted for
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the award of a degree shall be subject to the following condttlons
(a) academic staff and research students of the Un1verSity may consult any thesis without the pnor consent of the author,
(b) for three years after the degree has been awarded, other readers must obtain the consent of the author or the head of the d1sc1phne concerned or the Librarian before being permitted to consult the thesis
(c) for three years after the degree has been awarded no copy may be made of the thesis or part of it without the prior consent of the author
12 When a thesis has been accepted for the award of a degree the author shall be asked if he or she ts prepared to waive the cond.Ittons referred tom Clause 11 (b) and (c) above
13 A request from an author to place a specific restnctton on access to his thesis other than those referred to 1n Clause 11 above will be sub1ect to approval by the Academic Senate Such request will be considered by the Academic Senate only on the grounds that the thesis contains confidential matenal or that it was a condition imposed by the owner of pnvate records and matenal used by the author or that the author was tn an employment or other contract relationship with a thrrd party that made the restncbon a condition of the contract The Academic Senate will not approve an apphcatton to restnct access to a theSls for a penod of more than 18 months from the acceptance of the award of the degree 14 Each person consulting a thesis shall sign a
statement acknowledging that they have been given access to the thesis for consultation only and that no part will be published or para phrased without the prior consent of the author and that the authors hterary nghts wtll be respected
* Candidates are advised to consult the follow1ng pubhcatlons for guidance m the preparation of thesis Ebel HF 81lefert C and Russey W The art of scientific
writing from student reports to professional publications in chemistry and related fields (VCM 1987)
Chicago manual of style 13 ed (Chicago UP 1982) Council of B1ology Editors Style Manual 4th ed (Council
of Biology editors 1978)
Madsen D Successful dissertation and theses Oossey Bass 1983)
MHRA style book 4th ed (Modern Humanities Research Assoc1at1on 1991)
Mauch JE and Buch JW Guide to the successful thesis and dissertation 2nd ed (Marcel Dekker 1989) Turab1an KL Manual for writers of term papers theses
and dissertation rev ed (Chicago UP 1973)
Style manual for authors editors and printers 4th ed Australian Government Pubhshmg Service 1990
Statutes
7 6 Pnzes and Scholarships
1 The Council may make rules governing the award of any prize or scholarship within the Un1vers1ty
2 The Council may vaiy the rules from bme to bme but the tttle and purpose of any pnze or scholarsh1p shall not be changed
3 Only students who are taking the relevant exanunabon or exammabons for the first tune shall be el!gtble for the award of any pnze or scholarsh1p awarded on performance 1n such exammab.on or exanunations
4 A pnze or scholarship shall be awarded only 1f there ts a student considered to be of sufficient ment
7 7 Admission to Degrees
1 A candidate for adm1ss1on to a degree in the Un1vers1ty shall be presented at a graduation ceremony to the Chancellor by the head of the faculty m which the canchdate has qual!fied for the degree The Chancellor may appomt a substitute to act for the Chancellor or for a head of faculty A canchdate may be adnutted either in absentia or by attend.Ing a meetmg of the Council if the Council so approves 2 The forms of presentatJ.on for and admission
to a degree shall conform to the followmg - Form of Presentation
Mr Chancellor, I present to you
who has fulfilled the condtb.ons prescnbed for adm1ss1on to the Degree of _ _ _ 1n the Faculty o f - - - - Form of Adm1ss1on
In the name of the Uruvers1ty1 I adnut you
to the Degree of in The
Flinders Un1vers1ty of South Austraha 3 The Council may resolve to adtrut any person
honons causa to any degree for dtstJ.ncbon In scholarship letters the arts or pubhc servxce on the recommendation of the Honorary Degrees Committee which shall compnse the Chancellor the Vice Chancellor and such other members as the Council shall detemune from time to tune
4 The adm1ss1on of a candJdate to a degree of the Un1vers1ty shall be evtdenced by a cerbhcate given under the common seal of the University
7 8 Su"ender of Degrees and Diplomas
1 The holder of any degree or diploma 1n the Umversity may be penmtted by the Councd to surrender that qualtfication where the Councll considers that such surrender 1s necessary or appropnate In order to enable the holder to be
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admitted to some other degree or diploma 1n the Un1vers1ty
2 The holder of a degree or diploma who desires to surrender that quahftcat1on In accordance with th!S statute shall apply m wnl!ng to the Council for permiss1on to do so and shall Include with the apphcahon any certificate held in respect of that quahficab.on but this last mentioned requirement may be waived by the Council for any reason which it considers su.ffic1enl
3 Upon the Counctl granting perm1ss1on to surrender the degree or diploma the surrender shall take effect and the apphcant shall cease to be a holder of that quahficabon
7 9 Academic Dress•
1 The academic dress for undergraduates and graduates of the Un1vers1ty shall be as determined by Council from bme to bme 2 The styles and colours of gowns hoods
pipmgs and caps shall be matched to sttmdard samples held by the Registrar
3 The ceremonial dress for the Chancellor the Vice Chancellor and for other offtcers shall be as approved by the Counctl from time to tune 4 The ceremonial dress of members of the
Council and of Boards of the facult:Les who are not graduates shall be the same as the academic dress for the Doctor of Philosophy but without the scarlet facings on the gown and without a hood
* See Academic Dress Pohcy and Schedule of Colours section of this publications for details
7 10 Degree of Doctor of the University
1 There shall be a degree of Doctor of the Uruversity (DUmv)
2 The Council may admit to the degree honorzs causa any person who has rendered d1stlngwshed service to the pubhc
3 Persons adnutted to the degree shall be ent:J.tled to use the letters DUn1v and thetr names shall be pubhshed 1n the Calendar of the Un1vers1ty
7 11 Validity of Academic Awards
The award of any degree1 diploma or other academic award made by the Un1versity under the prov1s1ons of Statute 7 I Bachelors Degrees, Diplomas and Other Academic Awards and Statute 7 3 Masters Degrees pnor to the making of this statute shall be vahd notwithstandmg any defect m the process of approval of any schedules to Statutes 7 1 and 7 3
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Volume 1, 19968 1 Election of Members of Council by
members who have served an equal penod ofthe Academic Staff
bme since their election or last re election, the member or members to retire shall be 1 In tlus statute, unless some other meaning 1s determmed by lot at a meeting of the Counctlclearly mtended 6 Each election shall be conducted by a secret 'the Act' means The Flinders University of postal ballot
South Australia Act 1966, 7 Each election shall be conducted by a 'academic staff' means Returning Officer who, unless the Council (a) those employees of the Uruvers1ty who are othelWlse detemunes, shall be the Registrar of classified by the Council as members of the the Un1vers1ty The Returning Officer shall not academic staff; be a candidate for election nor shall he be (b) such other persons being persons who ehgible to nonunate or second a candidate for
elecbon or be entitled to vote carry out academic functions at the
8 For each election, the Returnmg Officer shall University, as are classified by the Council
as members of the acadenuc staff, appoint at least two scrutineers who are members of the academic staff but who are not appointed day' means the day appointed by candtdates for electlon
the Council for the holding of an election by 9 For each elecbon1 the Returrung Officer shall the acadenuc staff determine the ellgtbtlrty of voters, candtdates 'ordinary election1 means an election of two nommators and seconders in accordance with members of the academic staff to serve four the Un1vers1ty's official staff records and the year terms under Secnon 10(1) of the Act, Returning Officers rultng on such ehgib11Ity 'extraordinary election means an election to shall be final
fill a vacancy which may occur by death 10 The Returning Officer shall not less than reSignation or otherwtse twenty eight days before any election, notify 2 An ordtnary election to choose two members of each member of the academic staff of the
the academic staff shall be held on the election and tnvite nominations
appointed day each year 11 Nommahons for election shall be lodged with 3 An extraordtnary elecb.on shall be held on an the Returning Officer by a time to be appointed day within sixty days of the first nominated by the Returning Officer on the meeb.ng of the Council after the occurrence of fourteenth day preceding the appointed day a vacancy provided that when a vacancy Each nonunab.on shall be tn wnb.ng and must occurs less than ninety days before the next bear the signature of a nominator and a ordinary election ts due the position shall seconder who shall be members of the remain vacant until the next ord.Inaiy election acadennc staff The Retunung Officer shall not 4 The office of a member of Council elected by accept a nommation unless
the academic staff shall become vacant 1f (1) the person nommated lS a member of the
(1) he ches, or acadennc staff,
(2) his term of office expires, either by the (2) pnor to the closing of nominations, the efflwaon of time or as provided 10 Clause 5 Returnmg Officer receives from the person
of thts statute nonnnated wntten advice of his consent to
(3) he resigns by notice 1n wnb.ng addressed to nonnnation
the Chancellor1 or 12 If upon the closmg of nominations the number (4) he no longer continues to be a member of of candtdates does not exceed the number of the academic staff, or positions to be filled, the Returning Officer (5) he is removed from the office by the shall declare such candidate or candidates Governor on the ground of serious elected If the number of candidates exceeds
misconduct the number of positions to be filled the
5 Of the eight members of the Counctl elected by Returning Officer shall distribute to each member of the acadenuc staff
the academic staff, the two who have been (1) a ballot paper, longest 1n office smce being elected or last re
elected shall retire on the appornted day each (2) instructions concerning the method of year, provided that a vacancy whtch, 1n voting and the return of the ballot paper to accordance with Clause 3 of this statute has the Retunung Officer
remained unfilled until the next ordinary 13 For each election, the order of the candtdates' election shall be one of the two vacancies to be names appeanng on the ballot paper shall be ftlled at the orchnary elecnon rn that year If rn determmed by lot by the Returnmg Officer m determ1n1ng the members to retire tt ts the presence of the scrutineers
necessary to cllfferentiate between two or more 14 Each member of the academic staff w1slung to
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record a vote shall lodge his ballot paper with
8 2 Election of a Member of Council by
the Returning Officer by a time on the
the General Staff
appomted day to be specified by the Returrung
Officer 1 In this statute, unless some other meaning ts
15 In recordmg his vote at an election each voter clearly intended the Act' means The Flinders shall mark hIS ballot paper by Unzverszty of South Australia Act 1966, (1) placmg the figure 1 opposite the name of general staff means those employees of the
the candidate of hts first preference, and Uruvers1ty who are classified by the Counctl as (2) placmg the figure 2 and so on as the case members of the general staff,
reqwres opposite the names of the other appointed day means the day appomted by candidates to 1nd1cate his order of pre the Counctl for the holdmg of an election by ference for all or any of such candidates the general staff,
16 Each voter shall return !us ballot paper to the ordinary election' means an election of a Returning Officer in a sealed envelope member of the general staff to serve a two year provided for that purpose On receipt by the term under Secbon 12(1) of the Act,
Retummg Officer each sealed envelope shall be 'extraordinary election' means an electton to placed m a ballot box Any ballot papers ftll a vacancy which may occur by death received by the Returrung Officer after the time res1gnatton or othe1W1se
and date prescribed for their return shall 2 An ordinary electton to choose a member of neither be placed tn the ballot box nor be the general staff shall be held on the appomted counted m the electton The ballot box and the day m 1974 and on the appomted day m each sealed envelopes shall be opened by the alternate year thereafter
Returning Officer in the presence of the 3 An extraordinary election shall be held on an scrutineers as soon as possible after the time appointed day w1th1n sixty days of the first and date prescnbed for the return of ballot meetmg of the Council after the occurrence of
papers a vacancy provided that when a vacancy
17 The votes shall be counted in the presence of occurs less than ninety days before the next the scrutineers In the counting of votes, the ordinary election ts due1 the position shall Returning Officer shall declare informal any remam vacant until the next ordmary election ballot paper on wluch the voter has not placed 4 The office of a member of Council elected by the figure 1 against the name of any one the general staff shall become vacant If..
candidate If on any ballot paper there is a (1) the term ofoffice of that person expires or repetition of any figure or a break 1n the (2) the person ches or
consecutive nwnbenng of the preferences only (3) the person resigns by notice in writing those preferences precedmg such repetition or addressed to the Chancellor, or
break will be counted in the election
18 At each elecbon votes shall be counted by the (4) the person ceases to be a member of the method prescnbed m Statute 8 5 Method of general staff1 or
Counting of Votes in Elections of Members of (5) the person IS removed from the office by
Council the Governor on the ground of serious
19 As soon as possible after the counting of votes nusconduct has been completed the Returnmg Officer shall 5 Sub1ect to Clause 4
declare the result of the election by placing on (1) a person elected at an ordinary election the Registry notice board a nottce nanung the shall hold office unW the appomted day of candidate elected, and such notice shall be the second year folloW1I1g such election, signed by the Returning Officer and the (2) a person elected at an extraordinary scrutineers The Returning Officer shall also election shall hold office until the mform each canchdate mchVJdually of the result appointed day of the year 1n which the next
of the election ordmary election is due to be held.
20 If at any election one or more positions are 6 Each elecbon shall be conducted by a secret mlfilled, the Returrung Officer shall mfonn the postal ballot
Counctl and the CouncII shall treat the unfilled 7 Each elect10n shall be conducted by a positions as vacancies to be filled m Returning Officer who1 unless the Counctl accordance with Clause 3 of tlus statute otherwise detennmes shall be the Registrar of the Umversity The Returrung Officer shall not be a canchdate for elecbon and shall neither be eligible to nonnnate or second a candidate for election nor entitled to vote
8 For each election the Returning Officer shall appoint at least two scrutineers who are