Opposition on another
student’s degree work
To pass your degree project work, you also have to act as an opponent on another
student’s degree work. Your task as an opponent is to:
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critically read and examine the report you have been assigned
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especially consider the presentation of the problem, choice of methods and the
interpretation/analysis of the results
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note language and other minor errors and things that are difficult to understand or
are questionable in the report
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in a constructive way criticize the report at the presentation, and in a dialogue with
the thesis student have a fruitful academic discussion
Use the opposition protocol below, which has to be answered in advance and handed to the
examiner after the presentation. Try to answer the questions in the protocol in detail.
Answers like Yes or No are not sufficient.
Opposition protocol:
Report author:
Report title:
Opponent:
Date:
Was it easy to understand what the work was about? Comments:
How did the author describe the background to the work? Is there an introduction to and
an overview of the problem area?
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How well has the author motivated the choice of methods to tackle the problem?
Is the method well described?
Are the results clearly presented?
Do you find the conclusions reliable?
Are the literature and the references relevant?
What parts of the report were difficult to understand?
Comments on the report’s language and structure.
What are the strong sides of the work/report?
What are the weak sides of the work/report?
What is your concluding opinion on the thesis work?
Comments on the oral presentation
Presentation of background
Presentation of what you were supposed to do
Presentation of what you did
Presentation of conclusions
Voice (vocal pitch)
Commitment and contact with the audience
Use of illustrations
Overall impression