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Category Archives: examination criteria
the audit trail – a common omission from methods chapters
It’s really important to put an ‘audit trail’ into your methods chapter. Audit trail? Well, it doesn’t actually matter what you call it, it’s the section in the chapter where you give the examiner the nuts and bolts information about … Continue reading
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Tagged audit trail, methods chapter, Pat Thomson
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how long will my viva be?
This is a guest post from Dr Paul Spencer. Paul is a Researcher Development Manager at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE). His own successful PhD viva in oral microbiology took a shade over 4 hours! So … Continue reading
Posted in doctoral award, doctorateness, examination criteria, examiner, viva
Tagged doctorateness, examination, Paul Spencer, viva
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