tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36174792.post2723294557634745665..comments2023-08-05T11:39:59.112+02:00Comments on Dreams and Daemons : Examining doctoral dissertations - seen from both sides of the tablesciencebodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12051016731274875332noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36174792.post-24575316736969814342007-01-11T18:16:00.000+01:002007-01-11T18:16:00.000+01:00I was once asked to be the external examiner for a...I was once asked to be the external examiner for a PhD as well. <br /><br />It was a great honour and a pleasure to oblige, although the taxable fee of £80 was rather modest, equating as it did only to around £10 per kilogram of the mighty tome I was asked to read (and duly did read, honest). <br /><br />It was a fine piece of work, as I recall, covering the geology of part of SW France, and it was rewarding to see that the student had asked the right questions in her work and made excellent progress in answering very many of them.<br /><br />The internal examiner on that occasion was the same tutor who had been appointed for my own viva ten years before. <br /><br />That made the day even more enjoyable, of course, not least since I could (confidentially) offer my condolences to the candidate later on, when my co-examiner asked for rectification of the same painstakingly minor reference protocol errors as he had to me ...Roadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701468219259761540noreply@blogger.com