Reportoftheexaminers for the Degree Of

STUDENT NAME
REGISTRATION NUMBER

REPORTOFTHEEXAMINERS FOR THE DEGREE OF

DOCTOROFEDUCATION

FOR DEAN’S USE ONLY
Options at first submission: / Options following resubmission:
a) Award EdD / a) Award EdD
b) Minor amendments – then award EdD / b) Minor amendments – then award EdD
c) Major amendments – then award EdD / c) Major amendments – then award EdD
d) Resubmit for EdD / d) not available
 / e) Award MPhil – not EdD
 / f) Minor amendments – then award MPhil – not EdD
 / g) Award MEd – not EdD
Minor/Major amendments approved / Minor/Major amendments approved
I confirm that the recommendation of the Board of Examiners is appropriate. Following confirmation of the satisfactory completion of minor and major amendments as required, I recommend the student to Senate for the award of their degree.
Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Research (Signed):
Date:

Code of Good Practice: The University’s ‘Handbook for Examination of Postgraduate Research programmes’ is available online at:

Data Protection Notice - the information contained within this form is required by the University of Exeter for Education purposes and will be processed in accordance with current data protection legislation. Under the Data Protection Act 1998, a student is entitled to receive a copy of all his/her personal records held in relevant filing systems by the University.

The student will be entitled to a copy of the completed Examiners’ Report form upon written request.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The Regulations Governing Professional Doctorate Programmes stipulate that before recommending the award of the degree examiners must satisfy themselves that the thesis makes a distinct contribution to knowledge of the subject and provides evidence of originality and of the candidate’s ability to relate the subject matter of the thesis to the existing body of knowledge in the field. Examiners should not recommend the award until the level of presentation (particularly literary presentation) is satisfactory and the summary adequately describes the content of the thesis.

Where the thesis has been submitted by a candidate who has been registered in a doctoral programme, the examiners may, in considering its length, take into account the additional constraints of the time available to the candidate.

PARTITo be completed for all candidates

We have examined (name in full)

for the Degree of Doctor of Education in

in the College of Social Sciences and International Studies, Graduate School of Education

by a thesis entitled

and by an oral examination (viva ) held on

We recommend (tick appropriate box)

OPTIONS a) – d) available on first submission

OPTIONS a) – c) and e) – g) available on re-submission

a) that the Degree of Doctor of Education be awarded and no amendments to the thesis are required.

b) that the Degree of Doctor of Education be awarded subject to the candidate making minor amendments to the thesis (i.e.,amendments may range from correction of typographical, spelling and grammatical errors to limited revisions not central to the thesis, omissions, and improvements to the argument which do not materially alter the conclusions) within 12 weeks of notification, and to the satisfaction (confirmed in writing) of the following Internal Examiner(s):

c) that the Degree of Doctor of Education be awarded subject to the candidate making major amendments to the thesis (i.e.,more extensive revisions than required for minor amendments but will not normally require any significant extension of the original research to be undertaken and which the examiners have agreed are necessary for the thesis to reach an acceptable standard) within 6 months of notification, and to the satisfaction (confirmed in writing) of the following Internal and External Examiner(s):

d) that no degree be awarded but that the candidate be permitted to submit a revised thesis for the degree of Doctor of Education not later than (max 18 months)

NOTE: The following options are only available following re-submission:

When recommending e) or f) please statewhy the student has not met the criteria for the award for which they are registered but can be awarded the MPhil by, in addition, providing evidence against the criteria for the award of the MPhil to confirm positive achievement – when completing part II of this form.

e) that the Degree of Master of Philosophy be awarded.

f) that the award of Doctor of Education be not recommended but that subject to the candidate making minor amendments to the thesis, (i.e.,amendments may range from correction of typographical, spelling and grammatical errors to limited revisions not central to the thesis, omissions, and improvements to the argument which do not materially alter the conclusions) within 12 weeks of notification and to the satisfaction, (confirmed in writing), of the following Internal Examiner(s) the degree of Master of Philosophy be awarded:

When recommending g) please statewhy the student has not met the criteria for the award for which they are registered or for the MPhil by, in addition, providing evidence of failure against the criteria for the award of the MPhil– when completing part II of this form.

g) that the degree of Master of Education in Education be awarded.

PART II(To be completed for all candidates) – Please TYPE

A copy of this page will be forwarded to the candidate by the Postgraduate Administration Office after the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Research has read and confirmed the recommendation in the examiners’ report.

Current data protection legislation entitles students to receive a copy of all his/her personal records held in relevant filing systems by the University.

The Examiners are requested to provide a joint statement below, for the information of the candidate, setting out the grounds on which their decision given in Part I is based.

Please provide details, under the following award criteria, to justify the recommendation made in Section 1. Your comments should show how the thesis does or does not meet the criteria.

(a)Evidence that the thesis forms a distinct contribution to the knowledge of the subject

(b)Evidence of originality

(c)Evidence of the candidate's ability to relate the subject matter of the thesis to the existing body of knowledge within the field

(d)A satisfactory level of literary presentation

Any other general comments on the oral examination

[Please delete as appropriate]

i)We have satisfied ourselves that the thesis is genuinely the work of the candidate. YES/ NO*

ii)Did the candidate respond well to any issues raised in the preliminary reports?YES/ NO*

iii)We have attached the list of amendments required.YES/ NO*

PART III (minor amendments, major amendments and resubmission only)

This section should be completed if the examiner has ticked box b, c, d andf in Part I.

Examiners who recommend that the candidate should make minor amendments, b) or f), are required toindicate below,for the information of the candidate, the necessary changes which must be completed within 12 weeksof notification of the outcome of the viva voce examination, to the satisfaction of the Internal Examiner.
Examiners who recommend that the candidate should make major amendments,c), should indicate below,for the information of the candidate, the necessary changes which must be completed within 6 monthsof notification of the outcome of the viva voce examination, to the satisfaction of the Internal and External Examiner.
Examiners who recommend that the candidate be referred, but be permitted to re-submit a thesis in a revised form after a further period of study, d), are required to indicate below,for the information of the candidate, those aspects/parts of the thesis which they regard as inadequate, and the nature and extent of the reworking required, before the thesis is re-submitted (max 18 months).
If the necessary changes have been indicated in the thesis and the thesis has been returned to the student, please confirm and briefly explain the nature of the changes below.

Minor and major amendments only

FORMAT for submission: please confirm below the format the candidate should use to present their amended thesis for approval, for example whether a paper or electronic submission is preferred and if the amendments should be highlighted in the text or with tracked changes - see section 8.9.4 of the ‘Handbook for Examination of Postgraduate Research programmes’.

Format:

Please use a separate sheet for your joint report of amendments, if necessary.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Immediately following the viva voce examination you must complete and submit this report, together with all preliminary reports, to the Postgraduate Research Administration Office in the College.

NB: If this is a resubmission, and no viva voce is required, then the report must be submitted as soon as the preliminary reports have been completed and agreement reached on the outcome.

Once all signatures have been obtained it will be forwarded to the Postgraduate Administration Office in Registry for approval by the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Research.
The Postgraduate Administration Office will then formally communicate the decision of the Examiners to the student, inform them of the requirements for minor amendments, major amendments or resubmission, and send them a copy of Part II and Part III of the report.

ENCLOSURES – Signed and dated Preliminary Report Forms from all Examiners

External Examiner (print name)

Signature Date

Second External Examiner (if applicable) (print name)

Signature Date

Internal Examiner (print name)

Signature Date

2nd Internal Examiner (if applicable) (print name)

Signature Date

Non-Examining Independent Chair (if applicable) (print name)

I attended and chaired the viva voce and confirm that it was conducted in accordance with the procedure laid out in the Handbook for Examination of Postgraduate Research programmes.

I will be able to provide a report on the conduct of the viva should this be required.

Signature Date

Should you have any concerns with regard to signing this declaration please contact the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Research, who will be happy to discuss this with you.

Please return the form to the Postgraduate Research Administration Office in the College who will obtain the College approval

Approved by Dean or Associate Dean (Research) of College:

I have read all preliminary reports, the comments in Part II, the report in Part III, and agree that the decision is in line with the examiners’ comments and the outcomes as set out in the Handbook for Examination of Postgraduate Research programmes. I also confirm that the report in Part III gives sufficient information and guidance to enable the student to undertake the amendments required.

Print name

Signature Date