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Hi Everyone,
I am certainly moving toward the "Scandinavian model" for PhD thesis format for a few reasons. The first is that I have been fortunate to be the examiner of both the more traditional style of thesis and also what Will calls the “Scandinavian style” recently, and in my opinion the Scandinavian style wins out on a number of areas.
Its more concise, usually better planned and written. It creates less work overall for the supervisor and candidate because the format is in the journal style and ready for publication. It probably requires more effort for the candidate because each chapter needs to be very specific and concise.
The other reason is of course that here in New Zealand, as well as elsewhere, I presume, much of the government funding of universities is tied into research and therefore research output. The Scandinavian method gets the candidates research out into the journals much sooner, with less effort of the supervisor.
The one problem that this style of thesis preparation does have, is that if one of the final examiners of the thesis has a major problem with a part of the research which may have already been published, otherwise I would endorse this style and intend to use it with my students.
Mike
The one problem that this style of thesis preparation does have is that if one of the final examiners has a major problem with a part of the research which may have already been published, otherwise I would endorse this style and intend to use it with my students.
Mike Hamlin, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Environment Society and Design Division
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