The UBC Senate has approved updated policies and procedures relating to supervisory committees and University examiners to reflect the enhanced relationship between UBCV and UBCO faculty:
Graduate supervision:
· Members in good standing of the College of Graduate Studies from the UBC Okanagan campus may now co-supervise UBC-Vancouver master’s and doctoral students and/or serve on master’s and doctoral student supervisory committees without requiring approval from the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Approval for UBC-Okanagan faculty in these roles is the responsibility of the graduate program concerned. Note that sole supervision of UBC-Vancouver master’s and doctoral students by UBC-Okanagan faculty does require the approval of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, upon the recommendation of the graduate program concerned. UBC-O faculty are not members of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
This information has been added to the following page on our website:
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/faculty-staff/policies-procedures/supervision
and is in the draft Calendar which will be released in June 2018:
http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/proof/edit/index.cfm?tree=12,204,350,773
University Examiners for final doctoral oral exams:
· Members in good standing of the College of Graduate Studies from the UBC Okanagan campus who hold an appointment as a full, associate, or emeritus professor and who are formally affiliated with a graduate program there that offers the doctoral degree are now eligible to serve as University Examiners for final oral examinations for UBC-Vancouver doctoral students. Note that quorum requires that University Examiners be physically present in the examination room, and that G+PS does not cover the travel expenses of University Examiners.
This information has been added to the following page on our website:
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/final-doctoral-exam/selecting-university-examiners
and is on the form “Approval of University Examiners for Doctoral Dissertation”:
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/forms/approval-university-examiners-doctoral-dissertation-form
Please don’t hesitate to contact the doctoral exams team at graduate.doctoral@ubc.ca if you have questions.
Kind regards,
Max Read
Associate Director, Student Academic Services
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | Office of the Dean and Vice-Provost
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
170-6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 822 0283
max.read@ubc.ca | http://www.grad.ubc.ca