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The external examiner's report is submitted directly to the Doctoral Exams team at Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. In cases where the external examiner recommends that a candidate proceed to Oral Defence, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies will normally distribute copies of the report to the graduate program advisor and all members of the examination committee one week prior to the Defence date. The entire content of the report is confidential and must not be discussed with the candidate prior to the Final Oral Defence. The external examiner's recommendations must be taken into account by the examination committee when providing an assessment of the dissertation during the Final Oral Defence.
Note: a written report and questions for the defence are required from the external examiner regardless of whether they are planning to participate in the Oral Defence.
The external examiner is asked to assess whether the dissertation meets the criteria for a successful dissertation, with reference to the expectations regarding the scope and structure of a doctoral dissertation at UBC and using the criteria outlined in the following documents:
- For Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) examinations - Instructions for Preparing the External Examiner's Report
- For Doctor of Education (EdD) examinations - Guidelines for the Examination of the Ed.D. Dissertation
- For Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Composition examinations - Instructions for the Preparation of the External Examiner's Report
- For Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Performance examinations - Instructions for the Preparation of the External Examiner's Report
The external examiner is also asked to make an overall recommendation regarding whether or not the dissertation as written is ready for defence. If the external examiner's report recommends major revisions to the dissertation before the candidate proceeds to Defence, the Dean or Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (usually after consulting with external examiner) will make the final decision about whether or not to proceed with the Final Oral Defence.
In order to allow time for the report to be distributed, the external examiner's report is due 10 days before the Defence. The Dean or Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies reserve the right to postpone the Final Oral Defence if the external examiner's report is late.
External Examiner Recommends Major Revisions to the Dissertation
In cases where the external examiner recommends major revisions to the dissertation before proceeding to the Oral Defence, candidates are normally granted exactly one opportunity for major revision and re-examination. External review of the revised dissertation normally involves both the original external examiner and a new additional external examiner (who is not informed of the previous external exam).
The research supervisor and candidate will be notified by email as early as possible if the external examiner recommends major revisions to the dissertation and if the Dean or Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies requires that the candidate address the report and make revisions to the dissertation before proceeding to the Final Oral Defence. A copy of the external examiner’s report will be provided at that time and should be used to guide the revisions. As part of the revision process, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies strongly recommends that the candidate compose a separate document, to be sent to the original external examiner only, outlining where and how the external examiner’s concerns have been addressed.
Once the revised dissertation has been approved by the supervisory committee, the candidate will be required to submit the dissertation and associated approval memos as outlined under Submitting for Examination . Candidates and research supervisors are asked to notify the Doctoral Exams office well in advance of the anticipated submission date so appropriate arrangements can be made with the external examiners.
If at least one of these two external examiners recommends that the examination should proceed, then the Final Oral Defence will take place.
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Examiners are asked to evaluate the thesis in myThesis, according to the criteria in the respective thesis examiner report for a Master's or Doctoral thesis. For an example of the criteria, please see the forms: see: Master's Examiner report form ; Doctoral Examiner report form (note these forms are now integrated in myThesis).
Examiners provide an overall judgment of 'passed' or ‘not passed’, in addition to a written report. For Master's students, this evaluation determines whether or not the thesis is ready for final submission, even if minor changes are recommended. For Doctoral candidates, this evaluation determines whether or not the candidate is ready to proceed to the oral defence.
If the thesis meets the general criteria for the degree sought, as well as those listed on the examiner's report form it should be evaluated as 'Passed', even if some changes are recommended.
If the overall judgement is 'Passed', examiners are asked to provide:
- A report that includes any recommendations for minor revisions to the thesis (i.e., stylistic or editorial changes that can be completed in three weeks or less).
- For doctoral theses, External Examiners who will not be at the oral defence must also provide a list of questions to be asked of the candidate at the oral defence.
An evaluation of 'Not Passed' should be given if:
- the need for a new study, experimentation, or significant additional research or reformulation.
- the need to address major problems with the presentation of the work. Stylistic or editorial changes are not normally considered to be major revisions, but if the quality of the presentation is so poor that extensive rewriting is required, the thesis should not be passed.
- At least one of the Criteria for the Evaluation of the Thesis (see Master's Examiner report form ; Doctoral Examiner report form ) is judged as unsatisfactory.
Examiners are asked to identify required changes clearly in their reports. The supervisor or another designated person will ensure that the student corrects the thesis and that it appropriately reflects the examiners' suggestions for revisions prior to re-submission of the thesis.
The candidate will normally revise and re-submit the thesis for re-assessment, usually by the same examiner. If/when review of the revised thesis is required, the Thesis Unit will contact the initial examiner to determine their availability. In rare cases, a revised thesis may be sent to a new examiner if the first examiner is not available to re-examine the thesis. For more, please see Thesis examination failures.
If the revised thesis is again ‘not passed’, the student will be withdrawn from the University unless the decision is reversed through an appeal to the Hearing Committee (Bias, Error, or Misrepresentation ).
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Summary of Examiners Report
A summary in this format should accompany the examiner’s full report to the Research Committee. Criteria to be used as the basis of recommendations and advice on the format of your report are provided in separate guidelines. Written reports are required to be 1-2 pages in length. Reasons for recommendation 4 and 5 should stand scrutiny in an appeal process.
Name of Candidate:
Title of Thesis:
Recommendation:
Commendation:
If you believe it is merited, please tick one box only:
The candidate’s thesis will be considered as an example of outstanding work when either box is checked.
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Examiner Report - Doctoral Thesis . Report Due Date: Name of Student: Degree/Unit: Thesis Title: As a thesis examiner, you will complete this form and attach a written report providing a detailed justification of your evaluation. The deadline to send this form and your written report to Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (email ...
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of the topic, goals of the thesis, key questions, as well as the actual methodology, i.e. the question of methods used to approach the topic. I may note that methodology is particularly important part of the PhD thesis and determines often the success or failure of the whole PhD project.
Instructions for Preparing the External Examiner's Report Thank you for the time and effort you will invest in reviewing this dissertation. At the University of British Columbia, expert assessment by an External Examiner is an essential and valued component of our final doctoral examination process.
Assessing a PhD thesis - The Examiner's Perspective. Dr Louise Johnson April 29, 2015. Background: Professor of Australian Studies but a Human Geographer well known for working in the areas of gender/women's studies, urban studies, suburban studies, Australian Studies, regional change and the cultural industries.
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Template for PhD evaluation reports To facilitate the composition of a synthetic evaluation report, PhD committee members are asked to follow the present template when preparing their individual reports. Specific comments (that would be more like suggestions for rewriting rather than elements of an evaluation) can be added separately. The final ...
The external examiner's report is submitted directly to the Doctoral Exams team at Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. In cases where the external examiner recommends that a candidate proceed to Oral Defence, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies will normally distribute copies of the report to the graduate program advisor and all members of the examination committee one week prior to the Defence ...
Examiners are asked to evaluate the thesis in myThesis, according to the criteria in the respective thesis examiner report for a Master's or Doctoral thesis. For an example of the criteria, please see the forms: see: Master's Examiner report form; Doctoral Examiner report form (note these forms are now integrated in myThesis). Examiners provide an overall judgment of 'passed' or 'not passed ...
Tinkler & Jackson (2000, 2001) investigated examination procedures and student and staff responses to examination in the UK. They obtained documentation from 20 universities (based on a stratified sample of old and new universities) and drew on questionnaire responses from some 100 examiners and candidates from two of the 'old' institutions. In
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Guidelines for the Examination of a PhD Thesis 5 | P a g e H. REPORT TO ANDIDATES AND ONFIDENTIALITY OF EXAMINERS' REPORTS When the examination has been completed and the DDB has decided whether or not to award the degree, it is the University's practice to make the contents of the examiners' reports available in full to the candidate.
Terence Lovat. This paper outlines the procedures used in the textual analysis of examiner reports for 101 PhD candidates across disciplines in one Australian University. The method involves the use of QSR software2. Three levels of findings are outlined. The first level is the coding categories that emerged out of reading the report text.
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Phd Thesis Examiner Report Example - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The document discusses the challenges students face when writing a PhD thesis, including the immense task and feeling overwhelmed. It notes that understanding the examination process through examiner reports can help students prepare ...
The study of Australian PhD examination reported here draws on the written reports on 301 theses across all discipline areas. Text categories identified in the reports are linked to other data including the recommendation examiners give the thesis and the final report of the committee. The assessment discourse of examiners is explored in depth ...
It is notable that a total of 625 words forming three full paragraphs and part of a sentence have been taken out from the originals of these two last sections found in the PhD thesis examination report. And, it seems that their exclusion has resulted with the less than full picture provided over certain items...
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PhD thesis evaluation report sample. ZZZZ UNIVERSITY, HIMACHAL PRADESH. Summary of Examiners Report. A summary in this format should accompany the examiner's full report to the Research Committee. Criteria to be used as the basis of recommendations and advice on the format of your report are provided in separate guidelines.