This book provides an authoritative overview of the criteria and standards of the doctorate across a wide range of international settings, with a particular focus on the practices of examining.
Presenting case studies and research from 13 universities in 13 countries across Africa, Asia, North and South America, Australia, and Europe, the book is based on in-depth interviews and comparative analyses of the PhD examining experience. It reveals the variations and similarities in different academic traditions and investigates the extent to which there are comparable expectations and standards across countries. It suggests that criteria and standards – both written and unwritten – are broadly similar, but shows that there is a need for much more explicitly formulated criteria and standards for an internationalised approach to doctoral assessment.
Following on from the 2019 book The Doctorate as Experience in Europe and Beyond, this book will be of great interest to current and potential doctoral examiners, researchers of higher education, and university administrators.
Author(s): Michael Byram, Maria Stoicheva
Series: Routledge Research in Higher Education
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 287
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of editors and contributors
Preface
1. Introduction
PART I: Transversal studies
2. Standards and criteria: Is there a case for international comparability?
3. The experience of examiners and examining
4. The final oral examination
5. The role of languages in doctoral examination
PART II: Case studies of universities
Africa
6. Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
7. Makerere University, Uganda
Asia
8. Beijing Language and Culture University, China
9. A Japanese University
10. Thammasat University, Thailand
South America
11. Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
12. The University of São Paulo, Brazil
The West
13. University of Aveiro, Portugal
14. University of Connecticut, USA
15. Durham University, England, United Kingdom
16. Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
17. Macquarie University, Australia
18. Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria
Afterword
Index
