The role and the responsibilities of the Examiner

The role of the Examiner is connected with a Supervisory Committee which consists of:

The overall role

The overall role of the Examiner is to be responsible for the quality and content of postgraduate studies at the doctoral student level.

to summon the Supervisory Committee to meetings and to take responsibility for the Progress Meetings, as well as annual follow-ups of the Individual Study Plan.
to report to the Director of Postgraduate Studies after each Progress Meeting (form doktorandsamtal.pdf (pdf, 334 kB, in Swedish, new tab))
to determine which courses and other components the doctoral student can earn credits for. The Faculty has decided what a course is and which other components will give credits
to stipulate the course literature and other courses in consultation with the rest of the Supervisory Committee
to report the exam after the course requirements are fulfilled
to inform the Director of Postgraduate Studies about the time for the Mid-term seminar and report the result (form ResultatavHalvtidsutvardering.pdf (pdf, 149 kB, in Swedish, new tab))
to be responsible for organising the Mid-term seminar
to report to the Director of Postgraduate Studies after the Career Planning Meeting (form CareerDiscussionDocument.pdf (pdf, 228kB, new tab))
to carry out the final quality check before the public defence of the thesis
to suggest opponent and Examining Committee and register the public defence of the thesis
to chair the public defence of the thesis

to be the convener of the Supervisory Committee and to take responsibility for the Progress Meetings (where the whole Supervisory Committee is assembled)
- One Progress Meeting each semester, as a suggestion (no later than) May and November
- The Director of Postgraduate Studies calls the attention
- Discuss progress, problems, solutions, planned courses and conferences
to take responsibility for annual follow-ups of the Individual Study Plan
- At the Progress Meeting during the autumn semester
- Update the research plan, course credits etc
- Register the information in LADOK
- Within a week from the meeting, send the updated and signed Individual Study Plan to the Director of Postgraduate Studies (who forwards it to an administrator for archiving)
to report in writing to the Director of Postgraduate Studies after each Progress Meeting (form doktorandsamtal.pdf (pdf, 334 kB, in Swedish, new tab)

discuss and plan the Mid-term review with the doctoral student
- Both the written report and the seminar
take responsibility for organising the Mid-term seminar
- Book a time and a lecture hall, announce the seminar at the unit of the doctoral student
- Appoint an opponent in consultation with the supervisor
- Chair the seminar
report, in writing, the grades to the Director of Studies (form ResultatavHalvtidsutvardering.pdf (pdf, 149 kB, in Swedish, new tab)

discuss and plan the defence with the doctoral student and the Supervisory Committee
- The contents in the thesis, the date of the defence, important deadlines
- Quality check: Is the research and thesis quality at the required level for a doctoral title at Lund University? Are all course requirements fulfilled?
discuss the further career of the doctoral student
- Career Planning Meeting during the last Progress Meeting before the defence
- Report the career discussion, in writing, to the Director of Postgraduate Studies (form CareerDiscussionDocument.pdf (pdf, 288 kB, new tab))
take the responsibility for the organisation of the public defence
- Book a time and a lecture hall, announce the seminar at the unit of the doctoral student and Inger Ekström (Inger [dot] Ekstrom [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se)
- In good time, appoint an opponent and an Examination Committee in consultation with the supervisor
- Register the public defence of the thesis
- Chair the public defence of the thesis or delegate the task

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