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May 2007 - Posts

Friday, May 25, 2007 2:50 PM

When "not perfect" is an asset

We sometimes worry when our research doesn't turn out the way we wanted it to, or that the results don't seem clean or easy to explain. One examiner didn't find this a problem at all. "I particularly like the inherent honesty of her writing, highlighting
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Monday, May 21, 2007 9:45 PM

Precision adverbs

An examiner of a scientific thesis wants a ban on words indicating a probability not entirely certain: "Page N: 'Although the correspondence between the XXX and YYY frameworks is not clear, it is likely that ...' Hmmm. Scientific sentences containing
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Monday, May 14, 2007 9:35 AM

Very good or exceptional?

Our examiners are asked to comment on the quality of the thesis, and give a rating on a 6-point score ranging from 1 = Exceptional through to 6 = Flawed . A score of 2 is Excellent ("strongly competitive at international levels, with fewer than 20% of
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Wednesday, May 09, 2007 9:44 PM

That's what I want!

Three examiners, all commenting on the same thesis: "I recommend this thesis be passed with no requirement for any correction or amendment and that the candidate be awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The thesis as such is a substantial and original
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007 1:05 PM

Oh dear!

"The thesis presented for examination is poorly prepared as evidenced by errors in figures, incorrect labels on tables and figures, no chapter titles in the table of contents, references to appendices that are not included and a significant section of
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:06 AM

How to nominate your examiners

I seem to signing approval to lots of examiners at the moment, so I thought a post on the process might be useful. The nomination of the examiners for a doctoral or masters thesis is the formal responsibility of the Head of School, but it is done in conjunction
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