- 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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