Information for supervisors
Find out about your role as a supervisor during the examination of your Master's by research student.
As the supervisor, you play a key role in supporting your student through the examination process. Your responsibilities include:
1. Approval of the Notice of Intention to Submit
Your student should submit this form in Panoho about 4 weeks before they plan to submit for examination. You receive an email from the system asking you to review and approve this form. This form contains their planned submission date and opens the examination record. It prompts you to discuss a timeline with your student for reviewing their final draft, and you to nominate examiners.
2. Appointment of Examiners
You need to nominate two examiners in the Appointment of Examiners form in Panoho. See Master's Thesis Regulations 13.1 for more information regarding what to consider. We offer an honorarium of NZD$250 to external examiners. The expected timeframe for examiners to return their report and recommendation is within four weeks from receipt of the thesis or portfolio. The form flows to your School's Postgraduate Coordinator - Master's to endorse on behalf of the School, and then on to the Faculty Associate Dean (Postgraduate Research) for approval.
3. Approval of the Thesis Submission
When your student submits their thesis in Panoho, you receive a task to approve the submission before it proceeds to examination.
You will be copied into emails from Panoho to your student, keeping you up to date with the exam's progress including when they receive their Examination Outcome.
4. Support and Approval of Amendments after the Examination Outcome
Once the examination outcome is released, you will need to guide your student through any required amendments or editorial changes. If the examination outcome was "Pass, subject to minor amendments", it is your responsibility to approve the amended thesis using the Amendments workflow in Panoho. If the examination outcome didn't require amendments, your student is permitted to make small edits (for example, fixing typos), but you should review the final version before it is deposited in the Library.