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ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH DEGREES COMMITTEE
Preliminary Report and Recommendation on a Candidate for the degree of:
Doctor of Education, Doctor of Business Administration, Professional Doctorate (Health &
Social Care) or Professional Doctorate (Built Environment)
Each Examiner is required to make an independent preliminary report and provisional
recommendation on the thesis and to forward it before the oral or alternative examination is held
by the University.
1.
The Candidate
Name:
Title of Thesis:
2.
Name of Examiner:
3.
Report of the Examiner on the Thesis
3.1 Does the thesis represent a significant contribution to professional practice:
(i) by extending management or education propositions in a
practitioner context ?
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and
(ii) the exercise of independent critical powers?
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3.2 Does the thesis provide evidence of originality?
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3.3 Is the thesis satisfactory as regards presentation and succinctness?
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3.4 Is the abstract of the thesis submitted appropriate?
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3.5 Is it manifest in the thesis that the candidate has benefited from the
workshop components of the professional doctorate programme
concerned with approaches to research?
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3.6 In the case of a candidate whose investigation is part of a collaborative
group project, does the thesis indicate clearly the individual
contribution and the extent of the collaboration?
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3.7 Is it manifest that the candidate has made progress in their personal
transferable competences and thereby their effectiveness as a
business or education professional?
……………
4.
Examiner’s Report
Note: a report of about 300 words should suffice
(Please attach as a separate report if preferred)
5.
Provisional Recommendation
Note: If the Examiner wishes to suspend judgement until after the oral examination this
should be stated below.
6.
Signed ...................................
Date .......................................
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