Part-time Higher Degree Studies Sample Clauses

Part-time Higher Degree Studies. The provisions for study time for Employees undertaking higher degree studies are altogether different from the provisions already described except for courses which involve face-to-face instruction. The following grants of study time represent the maximum grant available for higher degree studies, and the periods of leave may be taken as required by the Employee subject to the convenience of the Employer: Employees studying entirely by thesis may be granted a period of ten days’ study time. For study entirely by research and thesis there is an entitlement of twenty days’ leave; in these cases a further ten days’ leave may be granted where the Employer is satisfied that the nature and progress of the research warrants further study time. For study which involves course work followed by the preparation of a thesis necessitating further research, Employees may be granted weekly study time for the course work, where appropriate, and may also be granted a further ten days’ leave for the preparation of the thesis. Periods of ten days’ and 20 days’ study time must be taken as units - not as scattered or random days towards the total entitlement, and apply to the thesis, not per year.