School of Chemical Engineering (EAIT Faculty)

MILESTONES EVALUATION: Mid-Candidature Review

HDR Students: Please complete this form along with your Milestones Review Committee/Panel, provide a copy to your Committee once completed, and upload with your Attainment of Milestone Request Form.

Questions are to be completed by the Chair of the Confirmation Committee in consultation with the panel, advisors and student during the review.

1. Candidate Details
Name / Student No
Program / PhD / MPhil
Thesis Title
2. Mid-Candidature Review Committee
Role / Name / Signature / Date
Principal Advisor
Associate Advisor(s)
Chair
(should preferably chair all three milestones and act as Chair of Assessors)
Internal Reviewer
3. Recommendation(s) Date
Confirm Mid-Candidature as at:
Extend mid-candidature until:
Transfer to other program as confirmed candidate as at:
(circle one) MPhil
PhD
Supplementary review to be undertaken on:
General Comments
4. Does the student agree with these recommendation(s)?
Yes
No
Candidate’s signature
Candidate’s Comments
5. Achievements since confirmation
Has the student met the recommended achievements outlined in section (8) of the confirmation of candidature milestone document?
Yes / Comments
No
Has the student developed new skills?
Yes / Comments
No
Has the student produced reliable results and undertaken analysis and interpretation?
Yes / Comments
No
Has the student obtained new knowledge in their field?
Yes / Comments
No
Has the student taken “ownership” of their project and is playing a role in the direction of the research?
Yes / Comments
No
Does the research have elements of hypothesis building and hypothesis testing?
Yes / Comments
No
Is the articulation of findings in written documents and presentations adequate?
Yes / Comments
No
Overall, how is the student progressing?
Good / Comments
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory

6. Recommended achievements by thesis review

The Chair of the confirmation panel in consultation with the confirmation panel, advisors and student outline the achievements that the student is expected to have reached by thesis review. This can include:

  • Overcome shortcomings identified above (Where “No” has been ticked in (5)).
  • Analysis/interpretation of a specified set of experiments leading to enhanced knowledge.
  • Building/testing a hypothesis.
  • Conference abstracts / poster, and published, submitted and in preparation papers.
  • Thesis chapters. It is expected that the student will have completed at least 3 chapters by the thesis review.

7. Resource requirements

Are there any resources (access to equipment, people etc.) that are essential to ensure progress with the thesis? How are these to be sourced?

8. Career Development Framework

a)Briefly outline any professional development activities undertaken by the student since admission.

b)Briefly outline any professional/personal/academic developmental activities which the student is interested in or recommended to engage with from the Career Development framework or other?

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Updated January 2018