Timeline for PhD approved by advisor, rejected by examiners
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| Feb 2, 2014 at 1:42 | comment | added | PatrickT | I have a PhD from Oxford, there is no process whatsoever, the supervisor gets bored of you, asks someone to be on the committee and you'd better get someone nice. One brilliant American chap was failed without rational reason (it was English lit, so I suppose rationality is not necessary)... | |
| Feb 1, 2014 at 16:26 | history | edited | Peter Jansson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 27, 2013 at 1:14 | comment | added | user7130 | @earthling that is what my acquaintance and myself are wondering also. | |
| Aug 26, 2013 at 23:53 | comment | added | earthling | "it seems something(s) must have failed in the process" - This is so true that I would think someone higher would get involved. How could the adviser recommend a dissertation when it was of so poor quality? Were they just hoping to 'sneak something by' the examiners or were they trying to torpedo the candidate? | |
| Aug 26, 2013 at 20:28 | comment | added | fedja | "I cannot imagine any advisor would recommend the thesis as completed in the shape it was." I can. There is a similar external review procedure in Canada and, violating a few written rules in favor of common sense, I managed to figure out how a completely hopeless dissertation could get recommended by the adviser. I'll offer no disclosures however, just the confirmation that such things do happen. I agree with the rest you said. | |
| Aug 26, 2013 at 11:36 | history | answered | Peter Jansson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |