theEzone is still alive
It's been a while since I've blogged on theEzone, but not for want of having something to say. Rather, time has been the issue.
However, I thought a short note on where we are up to so far this year might spur on a few near-completers.
Since January 1st this year there have been 114 completions lodged with the Graduate Research School, and 10 have been awarded with Distinction. A completion is defined when the examined, corrected, final version of the thesis is lodged with the GRS and the Library. Some of these completions will also have been examined and classified this year, but some will be the result of examination last year.
So far this year, the Board of the Graduate Research School has classified 94 theses, with a further 11 under review at the moment. A thesis is deemed classified when all the examiners' reports are in and a decision on the fate of the thesis has been made. A typical classification would be "Pass with minor revisions, carried out to the satisfaction of the supervisors and the Head of School". An initial classification is made by one Board member, the nominated Recommender, and then the rest of the Board "comment" on this classification by either agreeing or not. Typically, the classification phase takes about 2 weeks after all the examiners' reports are in.
In addition to this, there are currently 163 theses submitted for examination. These are all in the process of either being sent to examiners, being examined by examiners, or having their reports chased up by our examination officer.
Last year we completed 306 theses in the calendar year: a record. At this time last year we had completed about 80, so we are well ahead at the moment. Submissions come in fairly regularly over the whole year, although there seems to be a little blip of activity in completions over the June - July period. Perhaps this is all those candidates who want to attend the September Graduation ceremonies?