Examining doctoral examination and the question of the Viva

Title: Examining doctoral examination and the question of the Viva
Creator: Lovat, Terence; Holbrook, Allyson; Bourke, Sid; Fairbairn, Hedy; Kiley, Margaret; Paltridge, Brian; Starfield, Sue
Relation: Higher Education Review Vol. 47, Issue 3, p. 5-23
Relation: http://www.highereducationreview.com/
Publisher: Tyrrell Burgess
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2015
Description: The paper draws on a series of Australian Research Council (ARC) projects aimed at understanding better the process of doctoral examination. The early phase focussed on the Australian doctorate, which functions without a Viva, while the later phase was concerned with comparing the earlier findings with analysis of the United Kingdom (UK) and New Zealand (NZ) systems that include a Viva. Results showed some strengths and weaknesses of both systems and so the paper explores the desirability of drawing on the strengths of both examination models to minimize the weaknesses against a backdrop of escalating pressures on universities.
Subject: PhD examination; Viva; examination reports; models of PhD assessment; cross-country comparison
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1313915
Identifier: uon:22666
Identifier: ISSN:0018-1609
Language: eng
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