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(March 2013)
RESEARCH Degrees Office
Doctor of Philosophy by Published Work
Guidelines for Candidates
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Introduction
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Application and Admission Procedures
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Requirements of the degree
Eligibility
Entrance requirements
Application procedure
Admission and registration
Fees
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Summary of the Examination Process
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Preparation of PhDs by Published Work
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The covering paper
Language
Presentation of your PhD by published work
Footnotes
Binding the examination copies of your PhD by published work
Non-print items
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Submission for Examination
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Notice of submission for examination
Candidate declaration form (EX13P)
Documents to be submitted for examination
Posting or delivering your submission
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Examination
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Appointment of the examination panel
Arrangements for the oral examination
Conduct of the oral examination
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Criteria for the Award of the Doctor of Philosophy by Published Work
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Recommendations Available to Examiners
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After the Examination
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Approval of the examiners’ recommendation
Binding PhDs by published work
Submitting the bound copies
Congregation and degree certification
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Typists and Binders
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Typists
Binders
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Doctor of Philosophy by Published Work Award Regulations
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Introduction
This document outlines the processes and procedures for the examination and award of
the Doctor of Philosophy by published work. If you have any queries or require advice,
please contact the Research Degrees Office:
Subject Area
Contact Information
Arts
01908 653806
research-degrees-arts@open.ac.uk
CREET1
01908 659616
research-degrees-CREET@open.ac.uk
Health and Social Care
01908 658889
research-degrees-hsc@open.ac.uk
Knowledge Media
Institute
01908 658878
research-degrees-kmi@open.ac.uk
Maths, Computing
and Technology
01908 654050
research-degrees-mct@open.ac.uk
OUBS
01908 858805
research-degrees-oubs@open.ac.uk
Sciences
01908 655483
research-degrees-science@open.ac.uk
Social Sciences
01908 659614
research-degrees-socsci@open.ac.uk
External address:
Research Degrees Office
The Open University
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Internal address:
Research Degrees Office
Ground floor, Charles Pinfold Building
All the forms required in this process are at: http://www.open.ac.uk/research/researchdegrees/forms-and-guidance-notes.php
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Application and Admission Procedures
2.1
Requirements of the degree
The candidate’s published work must show evidence of making a significant contribution to
knowledge in a particular field. The publications must also provide evidence of the capacity of
the candidate to pursue further research without supervision. The material submitted must
represent a coherent contribution to research in a given field at a level and scope equivalent to
that of a conventional PhD thesis.
2.2
Eligibility
Only the following are eligible to apply for registration for the degree of PhD by published
work:
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(a)
members of The Open University's salaried staff of at least three years standing
(b)
Open University associate lecturers of at least three years standing
Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology.
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2.3
(c)
members of salaried staff of at least three years standing in Open University Accredited
Institutions
(d)
members of staff of at least three years standing in Open University Affiliated Research
Centres which the Research Degrees Committee awarded a judgement of ‘confidence’
in all categories following the most recent ARC visit. See the ARC guidelines for PhD by
Published Work.
Entrance requirements
The normal minimum entrance requirement is an upper second class honours degree of a
British University, the Council for National Awards or a recognised higher education institution.
The Research Degrees Office uses the National Recognition Centre for the UK (UK NARIC),
the national agency responsible for providing information and advice about academic
qualifications from all over the world, for information about equivalences. Applicants who do
not fulfil this requirement may, in exceptional circumstances, be considered on the basis of
alternative qualifications and/or professional experience.
2.4
Application procedure
Applications may be submitted at any time.
Applications for registration for the degree of PhD by published work must comprise a list of
the publications to be submitted for the degree and a draft of the covering paper.
The covering paper should:
(a)
provide a summary of each publication
(b)
outline the interrelationship between the publications
(c)
give a critical review of the current state of knowledge and research in the field,
and indicate how the candidate's work has contributed to the field
(d)
comment on the reception of the publications, as indicated by citations and
reviews, and the standing of the journals in which they were published.
Publications which may be submitted for a PhD by published work include refereed
articles, authorised chapters, authorised books, and edited works in the Humanities.
Open University course units and readers or edited collections of the work of peers
may not be submitted.
2.5
Admission and registration
Admission for a PhD by published work is subject to the same academic assessment as any
other research degree, i.e. the topic must fit with current research priorities and there must be
internal staff with the appropriate specialist knowledge to supervise the candidate. The
Research Degrees Office can only approve a candidate for registration once the faculty has
made a recommendation and confirmed academic and strategic fit, and supervisory capacity.
If your application is approved by the Research Degrees Committee, you will be registered for
the degree of PhD by published work. An internal advisor will be appointed to assist you. A
maximum period of twelve months registration is allowed for a PhD by published work.
2.6
Fees
The University charges fees for PhD by published work registration at the same level as for
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part-time research degree registration. There is also a PhD by published work examination
fee. Please ask the Research Degrees Office (email research-degrees-office or phone 01908
654882) for current fee levels. Members of the University’s salaried staff and associated
lecturers are eligible to apply for a staff fee waiver to cover their registration and examination
fees. Staff fee waivers for associate lecturers are subject to an annual amount unless their
research degree study is approved by their line manager (staff tutor/regional manager) for the
purpose of professional development relevant to their role as an associate lecturer.
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Summary of the examination process
More detailed information is provided in sections 4-9.
3.1
You should give the Research Degrees Office at least three months notice of your intention to
submit your PhD by published work for examination. Please tell us when you give notice if
you have a disability or additional requirements for which adjustments may need to be made
when your examination is arranged.
3.2
The Research Degrees Office will ask your Head of Department, after consultation with your
adviser, to nominate an examination panel and confirm that your adviser will attend the oral
examination as an observer.
3.3
The Research Degrees Office will send you a link to the Candidate declaration form on the
website, to complete and forward to your adviser.
3.4
Once the nominated examination panel has been approved by the Research Degrees
Committee, the Research Degrees Office will send formal appointment letters to the
examiners and the exam panel chair and give you details of the panel.
3.5
When the PhD by published work is submitted for examination, the Research Degrees Office
will send a copy of the submission and the Candidate declaration form to each examiner and
the exam panel chair.
3.6
The exam panel chair arranges the date for the oral examination. The examination will
normally be held within six weeks of the examiners receiving your submission.
3.7
After the examination, the examiners complete an Examination report form. The Research
Degrees Examination Results Approval Committee decides on the award of the degree on the
basis of the examiners’ recommendation .
3.8
The Research Degrees Office will send a formal result letter notifying you of the outcome of
your examination.
3.9
If you are required to make revisions, you should send your revised covering paper to the
Research Degrees Office who will arrange for it to be approved by the examiner(s). The
Research Degrees Office will notify you when you have fulfilled the academic requirements for
the degree.
3.10 You will then be asked to send three bound copies of your PhD by published work to the
Research Degrees Office. Two copies are held for deposition in the University Library. The
third copy will be held by your academic unit.
3.11 Your degree will then be conferred (in absentia) by Congregation.
3.12 You will be sent your degree certificate and invited to attend one of the degree ceremonies.
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Preparation of PhDs by Published Work
4.1
The covering paper
The covering paper should:
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(a)
summarise each publication submitted
(b)
outline the inter-relationship between the publications
(c)
give a critical review of the current state of knowledge and research in your academic
field, and indicate how your work has contributed to that academic field
(d)
comment on the reception your publications, as indicated by citations and reviews, and if
appropriate the standing of the journals in which they were published.
The title page of your covering paper must give the following information:

your name and qualifications

the title of your doctorate submission
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the degree for which you are submitting

your academic discipline

the date of submission.
You should also provide a contents page.
4.2
Language
Your PhD by published work must be in English. Brief quotations in foreign languages are
permitted.
4.3
Presentation of your PhD by published work
The covering paper should be typed or produced on a word processor using a printer which
produces letter quality print. The text must be double spaced.
Both your covering paper and any work in manuscript should be presented on good quality A4
paper. You may use both sides of the paper. The pages should be numbered consecutively.
The margins must be wide enough to allow for subject binding. The minimum requirement is:
4.4
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inside margin
40 mm
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top and outside margins
15 mm
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bottom margin
20 mm
Footnotes
The regulations do not make any recommendations about the positioning of footnotes. You
may position your footnotes at the bottom of a page, at the end of each chapter, or at the end
of your submission. You should be consistent in your method of referencing. As there are
different practices within subject areas on indexing and references, you should ask your
internal adviser for advice on the practice adopted for your subject area.
4.5
Binding the examination copies of your submission
Your submission should be securely fixed in one or more hardback folders. The covers should
be made of cardboard or a stronger material.
The pages may be:
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
Glued

stapled together or in sections

held in a ring binder.
Ring binders are not suitable for very heavy or bulky submissions. You should also take care
that the holes punched do not prevent final binding after the examination. Loose pages in a
wallet folder are not acceptable. It is advisable to leave full binding of your submission until
after it has been examined. This will save you having to rebind your work if the examiners
require revisions to be made to your covering paper.
4.6
Outsize items and non-book media
Any maps, plans, diagrams etc that are too large to bind with the submission may be
submitted in a separate portfolio. These documents should be produced on good quality
material and cross-references to the thesis.
You should ensure that any non-book media (e.g. digital media, film, software, audiotape etc)
are recorded by a suitable process, are of good quality and able to be stored over a long
period without excessive deterioration. The item should be suited to digital media, such as
images, audio files, drawings, software, etc, and be provided in a suitable format for viewing or
playback on the technology in use at the University. Where possible, digital non-book
contributions should comply with existing standards appropriate for the type of media (e.g. 3D,
hypertext, image audio). Advice on media standards can be sought from the Library.
An itemised list of any outside items and/or non-book media should be included with the
submission. If you are awarded a PhD by published work, these items will be kept by the
University Library.
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Submission for examination
5.1
Notice of submission for examination
You should give at least three months written notice to the Research Degrees Office of your
intention to submit your PhD by published work for examination. Please provide your intended
submission date and confirmation of the title of your PhD by published work.
5.2
Candidate declaration form
When you give notice of your intention to submit, the Research Degrees Office will send you a
link to the Candidate declaration form on our website. You are required to state on this form:
(a)
whether any of the material you are now submitting for a PhD by published work has
previously been submitted for an award at this University or any other university
(b)
if joint work is submitted, what part of it is your independent contribution.
The form must also be signed by your adviser to confirm that s/he has read your submission
and that it is of a suitable standard for examination for a PhD by published work.
5.3
Documents to be submitted for examination
You must submit the following for examination:
(a)
three copies of each publication in its published form. Permission to include work in
manuscript which has been accepted for publication may be granted
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5.4
(b)
four copies of the covering paper. A copy of the covering paper should be placed in the
front of each copy of your PhD by published work. The fourth copy should be enclosed
with your submission. If you are awarded a PhD by published work, the University may
publish this paper in any manner approved by the Senate
(c)
a completed Candidate declaration form (see section 5.2).
Posting or delivering your submission
Your submission should be sent by registered mail in at least two parcels to:
Research Degrees Office
The Open University
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA.
If you want to deliver your submission in person to the Research Degrees Office, please make
arrangements to do this in advance – contact us on 01908 654882.
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Examination
6.1
Appointment of the examination panel
When you give notice of your intention to submit, your Head of Department will be asked to
nominate an examination panel.
The examination panel will normally comprise an internal examiner, who is a member of The
Open University's academic staff, and two external examiners, who are usually members of
academic staff at other universities or research institutions. They will also be asked to
nominate an exam panel chair. All members of the examination panel should:
(a)
be qualified and experienced in the subject area of your PhD by published work
(b)
have experience in supervising and examining research degree students at doctoral
level.
The examiners should not be related to, or have a close professional or contractual
relationship with you, the adviser or other members of the examination panel. Members of the
panel should be entirely independent, and where there is any interest which might prejudice
this, they are asked to declare it at nomination stage. They are asked to declare an interest if
they are:
(a)
planning to employ you
(b)
planning to co-publish with you, or have co-published with you
(c)
involved, or have been, with you or your advisor, in a close personal relationship of any
kind
(d)
a past student of your adviser, with an ongoing professional relationship
(e)
the ‘regular’ examiner for a particular advisor or department
(f)
in a close professional, contractual or personal relationship with any other member of
the examination panel.
The Research Degrees Committee will normally expect the adviser to be present as an
observer at the examination, and be available to attend the pre- and post-examination
meetings (at the discretion of the examiners). The observer is potentially able to offer:
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(a)
advice to the panel, as someone who is familiar with your work
(b)
reassurance to you, as a familiar face.
Observers should, before the day of the oral, clarify their role with the examination panel chair.
You will be informed when the Research Degrees Committee has approved the panel and the
examiners have been offered appointment.
6.2
Arrangements for the oral examination
Arrangements for the examination are made by the examination panel chair. This is done as
soon as possible after you have submitted. The Research Degrees Office confirms the
arrangements to all concerned.
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Date
This is normally within six weeks of receipt of the submission by the examiners. It is not
possible to set a date before you submit because of variations between intended and
actual submission dates. However, you may ask your internal adviser to agree a
provisional date informally (through the examination panel chair) before you submit your
work.
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Time
Examinations are usually held in the afternoon, particularly if external examiners have to
travel any distance.
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Venue
Examinations are normally held at Walton Hall, Milton Keynes. The examination may be
held at one of the external examiner's place of work or at one of the University's
Regional Centres, if this is more convenient for the panel and you.
6.3
Conduct of the oral examination
The examination will cover all aspects of your PhD by published work. You will be given the
opportunity to comment on any adverse points and on any revisions to the covering paper
which the examiners are intending to recommend. The examiners have to satisfy themselves
that it is your own original work and that it meets the criteria for the award of PhD by published
work. The criteria are given in section 7.0.
The examination can include the inspection of experimental apparatus, demonstration of
software, viewing original data sources or any other similar reasonable request from the
examiners. The examiners should make any such requests in advance to give you time to
prepare. You or your adviser could consider offering some form of practical introduction at the
start of the examination, if applicable. Again, any offer should be made before the day of the
examination.
You can take an annotated copy of your submission and any other source materials you may
find useful with you to the examination. Examinations usually last two to three hours.
Generally, the panel will inform you of their recommendations at the end of the examination,
following a brief discussion between the examiners. Otherwise you should be informed on the
day, or possibly on the following day by your adviser. In some cases examiners may wish to
indicate their initial opinion at the start of the examination so that you have the opportunity to
challenge it during the discussion.
At this stage the decision of the examination panel is only a recommendation to the Research
Degrees Examination Results Approval Committee. The decision of the Research Degrees
Committee, based on the examiners’ recommendation, is the formal result of the examination.
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Criteria for award of the Doctor of Philosophy by published work
Your published work must show evidence of making a significant contribution to knowledge in
a particular academic field. The publications must also provide evidence of your capacity to
pursue further research without supervision. The material submitted must represent a
coherent contribution to research in your academic field at a level and scope equivalent to that
of a conventional PhD thesis.
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Recommendations available to examiners
The examiners may recommend:
(a)
the award of the degree of PhD by published work
(b)
the award of the degree subject to specified revisions of the covering paper
(c)
that the degree is not awarded. Any new application would require re-registration and a
substantially new submission.
The examiners may not recommend the award of a lower degree.
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After the examination
9.1
Approval of the examiners’ recommendation
The decision about the award of the degree is taken by the Research Degrees Examination
Results Approval Committee on the basis of the examiners' recommendation. You will be
notified when the Committee has made its decision. If you are required to revise your
covering paper, you will be sent details of the revisions the examiners wish you to make and
the deadline by which you must complete the revision satisfactorily.
The date of your award will be the date the Research Degrees Examination Results Approval
Committee approves the result or, if you are required to revise your covering paper, the date
the examiners confirm that you have completed the revisions satisfactorily.
9.2
Binding PhDs by published work
Before a PhD by published work may be awarded you must meet the non-academic
requirements of the degree by submitting three copies of your work to the Research Degrees
Office. Details of how each copy should be presented are given below. Two of the copies will
be deposited in the University Library, the third will be held by the relevant academic unit.
You should include a completed Thesis deposition form when you submit the three bound
copies of your work. This form permits The Open University Library to make your PhD by
published work available to readers.
You are required to submit three copies, in published or manuscript form, of each item. All
three copies should be clean and unmutilated by dog-ear folding, manuscript comments,
underlining etc.
The spine should include, in lettering running from the top to the bottom:
(a)
the full or abbreviated title of your PhD by published work
(b)
your name
(c)
the name of the degree
(d)
The Open University name
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(e)
the year in which you submitted your PhD by published work for examination.
One of the two copies to be deposited with the University must be sewn with thread and bound
in a fixed binding of black boards with cloth (i.e. like a book).
The second copy must also be bound, but to a lesser specification. It should be bound in stout
card covers and secured so that the leaves remain firmly in place when the volume is in use.
Comb bindings, spring binders or plastic slide clips on unstapled sheets are not acceptable.
The third copy for the relevant academic unit should be securely bound to the lesser
specification as outlined above.
Maps, diagrams, etc should be presented in a clearly labelled portfolio. Non-print items
(e.g video or audio tapes, computer programmes etc.) should be securely packaged and
labelled. All items should be of good quality and able to be stored for long periods without
excessive deterioration.
9.3
Submitting the bound copies
You should ensure that the bound copies of your PhD by published work are complete and in
good condition before you send them to the Research Degrees Office. In particular, you
should check that the pages are in the correct order with none missing and that the
information on the spine and title page is correct. Bear in mind that your PhD by published
work will be used by other scholars, and poor presentation reflects badly on both you as the
author, and the University.
9.4
Congregation and degree certification
When you have submitted the bound copies of your PhD by published work and met any
non-academic requirements set down by the University, the Awards and Ceremonies Centre
will arrange for the title of Doctor of Philosophy to be conferred in absentia by Congregation.
You do not attend the Congregation meeting. At this stage you formally become a doctoral
graduate of the University.
The Awards and Ceremonies Centre will send your degree certificate to you and let you know
about arrangements for attendance at one of the University's degree ceremonies.
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Binders
The following is a list of typists and binders who have indicated that they are willing to type or
bind research degrees.
If you wish to have work typed or bound by someone on the list, please contact them directly.
The contractual arrangements, including rates of payment, are private arrangements between
yourself and the other party. The role of the university is limited to circulating this document.
A Cameron
73 Robertson Street
Glasgow G2 8QD
(Tel: 0141 221 3732)
Alfred Harris (Bristol) Ltd
5 Kingsdown Parade
Bristol BS6 5UD
(Tel: 0117 929 2375)
Alfred Maltby and Son Ltd
Fine Bookbinders and Restorers
28-30 St Michael’s Street
Oxford OX1
(Tel: 01865 243413)
Bindwell Bookbinders
Stanley Works
Stanley Road
Sidcup
Kent DA14 4DQ
(Tel: 0208 309 6065)
(Website:
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www.bindwellbookbinders.co.uk)
Blissett Bookbinders
Roslin Road
London W3 8DH
(Tel: 020 8992 3965)
Email: robert.bolton@blissetts.com
Web Site: www.blissetts.com
Bookbinders of Lewes
Star Brewery Workshops
Castle Ditch Lane
Lewes
East Sussex BN7 1YJ
(Tel: 01273 486718)
Bookbinding and Conservation Department
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT
(Tel: 0121 414 5799)
City Binders
39 Ludgate Hill
London
EC4M 7JN
(Tel: 020 7248 7990)
(Website: www.citybinders.co.uk)
Collis-Bird and Withey
1 Drayton Park
London N5 1NU
(Tel: 0207 607 1116)
Hollingworth and Moss
Enfield Terrace
Manor St. Ind. Est.
Leeds LS7 1RG
(Tel: 0113 243 8642)
J Lawrence
16 Gloucester Road
Bedford MK42 9TJ
(Tel: 01234 346692)
J S Wilson and Son
17 Ronald Rolph Court
Wadloes Road
Cambridge CB5 8PX
(Tel: 01223 212420)
(Website:
http://www.jswilsonandson.co.uk)
(24 hour thesis binding)
Keypoint Bookbinders
Unit 8 Balmoral Grove
Off Brewery Road
Islington
London
(Tel: 0207 263 6131/2/3)
New Leaf Bindery
272 Montgomery Street
New Enterprise Workshops
Sparkbrook
Birmingham B11 1DS
(Tel: 0121 773 1681)
Priory Bookbinders
37 Invincible Road
Farnborough
Hants GU14 7QU
(Tel: 01252 515843)
R A and E J White
27 Preston Road
North End
Portsmouth PO2 7JT
(Tel: 02392 668364)
R G Scales (Bookbinder)
2 Farringdon Street
Ludgate Circus
London EC4M 7LH
(Tel: 0207 236 5544)
Riley, Dun and Wilson Ltd
Red Doles Lane
Leeds Road
Huddersfield
Yorks HD2 1YE
(Tel: 01484 534323)
Temple Bookbinders
10 Quarry Road
Headington
Oxford OX3 8NU
(Tel: 01865 451940)
The Print Quarter
251 Exchange Road
West Bridgford
Notts NG2 6DD
(Tel: 0115 945 2070)
The Craftsmen Binders
20 St Michael’s Road
Walker and Co
University House
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Northampton NN1 3JU
(Tel: 01604 601010)
University of Salford
Salford M5 4WT
(Tel: 0161 736 7811 / 0161 295 5216)
J S Heron Ltd
5 Queens Crescent
St Georges Cross
Glasgow
(Tel: 0141 332 1883)
Caromar Ltd
Book Binders & Print Finishers
Unit 7 Belgrave Ind Estate
Belgrave Road
Southampton
SO17 3EA
(Tel: 023 8055 8554)
Nicholas Dunn-Coleman
28 The Droveway
Hove
BN3 6LE
(Tel: 01273 563318)
Email: keith.dunn-coleman@ntlworld.com
Richard Ince
Prontaprint Bristol Central
70 Park Row
Clifton
Bristol
BS1 5LE
(Tel: 0117 925 3868)
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Doctor of Philosophy by Published Work
Award Regulations
PhD–PW 3.1.2 An examination fee is
payable by all directly registered
candidates.
PHD-PW 1 Degree Name
PhD–PW 4 Credit
PhD–PW 1.1 The University will award the
degree of Doctor of Philosophy by
published work, referred to as PhD, to you if
your published work represents a coherent
contribution to research in a given field at a
level and scope equivalent to that of a PhD
thesis.
PhD–PW 4.1 Credit regulations do not
apply to this unitary award.
PhD–PW 5 Criteria for the Degree
PhD–PW 5.1 Your published work must
show evidence of:
PHD–PW 2 Registration as a Candidate
PhD–PW 2.1 Candidature under these
regulations is limited to the members of the
University’s salaried staff, Open Univesity
associate lecturers and to members of staff
in Open University Accredited Institutions,
and to members of staff of at least three
years standing in Open University Affiliated
Research Centres which the Research
Degrees Committee awarded a judgement
of ‘confidence’ in all categories following the
most recent ARC visit.
PhD–PW 2.1.2 The minimum entrance
requirement is an upper second class
honours degree of a UK university or other
recognized degree-awarding body.
PhD–PW 2.1.3 If you do not satisfy
regulation PhD–PW 2.1.2 but can show that
your alternative qualification, professional
experience or previous research is a
suitable preparation for postgraduate
research in your chosen field, your
application may, in exceptional
circumstances, be considered.
(a) being a significant contribution to
knowledge in a given field
(b) your capacity to pursue further research
without supervision.
You will be required to attend a viva voce
(oral) examination on your work.
PhD–PW 6 Submission of Work
PhD–PW 6.1 You will be required to
submit, within twelve months of registration:
(a) three copies in published form of each
item of work on which your application
for the degree is based
(b) an abstract of the research
(c) four copies of a covering paper that:
1.
summarizes each item
2.
indicates their inter-relationship
3.
gives a critical review of the current
state of knowledge and research
your field
4.
indicates how your work has
contributed to that field.
PhD–PW 2.2 You must be allocated to an
internal Open University advisor, appointed
by the Senate.
PhD–PW 3 Fees
PhD–PW 3.1 Specific fees payable under
these registrations are as set out in
regulations PhD-PW 3.1.1 to PhD-PW 3.1.2.
Permission to include work in manuscript
that has been accepted for publication, may
be granted.
PhD–PW 3.1.1 Liability for the registration
fee (for directly registered students), or the
composite fee (for students in Affiliated
Research Centres) is incurred at
registration.
Publications must be in English although
brief quotations in other languages are be
permitted.
PhD–PW 6.2 You must submit a statement
as to what part, if any, of the material has
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previously been, or is currently being,
submitted for a degree or other qualification
in this or any other university or other
institution, explaining the reason for its
inclusion, and if joint work is submitted,
what part of it is your contribution.
PhD–PW 6.3 Your work must be submitted
for examination in a secure binding, with
each of the three sets of publications, the
abstract of the research, and the covering
paper all fixed securely between covers. A
frontispiece, giving your name and
qualifications, the title of your submission,
the name of the degree, your academic
discipline, the year of submission, The
Open University, and the name of your
Affiliated Research Centr, where applicable,
must be included.
PhD–PW 6.4 If the degree is awarded, all
three sets of the submission will become the
property of the University; two sets will be
deposited in the University Library, and the
third will be held by the relevant academic
unit or your Affiliated Research Centre,
where applicable.
PhD–PW 7 Examination
PhD–PW 7.1 Your work will be submitted
to internal and external examiners
appointed by the Senate. The examiners
may find work submitted to be:
(a) acceptable for the degree
(b) acceptable subject to specified
revisions of the covering paper
(c) unacceptable.
PHD-PW 8 Re-submission
PhD–PW 8.1 If your work has been found
unacceptable for the award of the degree,
you may be permitted to resubmit only after
completing re-registration.
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