[-empyre-] Research in Practice, week two, January 14-20

[t.memmott at underacademy.org]

NOT the newly annointed Doctor, hopefully! :)


On Tue Jan 15 17:39 , Simon Biggs  sent:

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>who buys the drinks?
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>Sent from a mobile device, thus the brevity.
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>Simon Biggs
>simon at littlepig.org.uk
>s.biggs at ed.ac.uk
>http://www.littlepig.org.uk
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>On 15 Jan 2013, at 17:07, "t.memmott at underacademy.org" t.memmott at underacademy.org> wrote:
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>In Sweden the dissertation defense is setup where you defend your dissertation directly with an opponent, usually a senior 
>scholar in the field of study. This usually lasts between 2-5 hours. Then the discussion is open to the grading committee, 
>followed by questions from "the public" (meaning anyone in attendance). 
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>It is a rigorous full day event.... once the defense is over you sit around and wait for the committee to come back with their 
>decision.  Thankfully, this is usually followed by a stiff drink, or three....
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>On Tue Jan 15 10:13 , Maria Damon  sent:
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>>   Talan:
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>>   What is a dissertation "opponent"? That is a role that has not been
>>   part of my experience in the States, either as a PhD candidate or as
>>   a professor in a doctoral degree-granting program.
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>>   bests, md
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