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.
Tasks
- 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
The convener of the Supervisory Committee
- 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)
Organise the Mid-term seminar
- 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)
Organise the public defence
- 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