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4.2 Thesis charter The UEB’s Doctorate Charter specifies the conditions of the high-quality doctorate procedure, of the recruitment, of the professional project, of the monitoring of the thesis, and of the career development of doctors. It is a text which details the respective rights (PhDs), the respective obligations, and the reciprocal commitments of the doctorate partners in order to ensure this high-quality procedure. Doctorate partners: > the doctoral student - a junior researcher undergoing training; > the thesis director (supervisor) who supervises their research project; > the director of the research unit where the research project is carried out; > the director of the doctoral school to which the student is attached, and the President of the university. The charter is signed by all the partners at the end of the admissions process, before the first doctorate registration, and is brought to the attention of all the UEB’s researchers and lecturer-researchers, and all UEB doctoral candidates. This charter aims to make the various partners aware of their responsibilities throughout the thesis preparation period. It also more clearly defines the reciprocal commitments by being a reminder of the duties and obligations which have given rise to the regulations in force and the practices which have already been tried out, whilst respecting the diversity of disciplines and institutions. The UEB also undertakes to ensure the respect of the principles of this charter during the preparation of any partnership agreements. as many progress reports as required by their subject and to give presentations of their work in laboratory or host team seminars. The doctoral supervisor undertakes to regularly monitor the progress of the work and to discuss new directions which he could take in view of the results already obtained. They have the duty to inform the doctoral student of positive assessments or of negative comments and criticism to which their work may give rise. The thesis director, after consulting the doctoral student, proposes to the head of the establishment through the head of the doctoral school or of doctoral training the composition of the board of examiners and the date of the thesis defence in accordance with the establishment’s own particular rules. At least one third of a board of examiners must be made up of people external to the establishment, and it is desirable that a total of six members is not exceeded. These members are selected for their scientific expertise. members who are researchers or lecturer-researchers must not have played an important part in the candidate’s research work. Except for the thesis or research director(s). 4.2.2 Mediation procedure In the case of a persistent dispute between the doctoral student and the thesis or laboratory director, each of the signatories to the charter can call on a mediator who, while not relieving anyone concerned of their responsibilities, listens to the parties, puts forward a solution, and has it accepted by everyone with the aim of the thesis being successfully completed. The mediator’s task involves their impartiality, and they can be selected from among the members of the management team, when it exists, of the host team or doctoral school, and from outside the establishment. If local mediation fails, the doctoral student or one of the other signatories of the charter can ask the head of the establishment for the scientific committee to appoint an external mediator. As a last resort, the head of the establishment may finally be called upon to settle the dispute. 4.2.1 Thesis supervision and monitoring The future doctoral student must be informed of the number of theses in progress for which their doctoral supervisor / thesis director is responsible. In fact, a doctoral supervisor can only effectively manage a very limited number of doctoral students at the same time if they want to be able to keep up with their work with all the attention required. The doctoral student has the right to personal supervision from his doctoral supervisor, who undertakes to devote a considerable amount of his time to them. It is essential that the principle of regular frequent meetings be decided during the initial agreement. The doctoral student undertakes to submit to his supervisor 4.2.3 Publication and dissemination of the thesis The quality and impact of the thesis may be measured through the publications, patents, and industrial reports which will result from the work, whether they result from the thesis itself or articles written during or after the preparation of the manuscript. The doctoral student must, at the very least, appear among the joint authors. 19

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of A Guide for the doctoral student in Brittany - How to do a doctoral thesis in Brittany

Cover
Contents
1. UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE
2. DOCTORAL SCHOOLS IN BRITTANY
2.1 SHOS
2.2 ALL
2.3 SHS
2.4 MATISSE
2.5 SICMA
2.6 EDSM
2.7 VAS
2.8 SDLM
2.9 International Doctoral College
3. ADMITTANCE TO A DOCTORAL SCHOOL
3.1 General presentation
3.2 Financial support for doctoral students
3.3 Request for special dispensation for thesis registration
4. THESIS PROCEDURE
4.1 General presentation
4.2 Thesis charter
4.3 Joint doctoral supervision
4.4 Introduction to teaching in higher education
4.5 Doctoral students as research assistants in business
4.6 Social welfare
4.7 Doctoral training
4.8 Duration of the thesis
5. THESIS DEFENCE / ORAL EXAMINATION
5.1 Thesis defence authorisation & the board of examiners
5.2 Cover of the thesis
6. INTERNATIONAL OPENNESS
6.1 International Office contacts
6.2 European Doctoral Student
6.3 International ‘cotutelle’ (joint research supervision) doctorates
7. AFTER THE THESIS
8. DOCUMENTATION, REPORTS, AND STUDIES

A Guide for the doctoral student in Brittany - How to do a doctoral thesis in Brittany