The Award of PhD by Published Work in the UK
This 2004 report is concerned with the award of a doctorate on the basis of published works submitted by a candidate.
This report is concerned with the award of a doctorate on the basis of published works submitted by a candidate. It focuses in particular on the distinctive route to the PhD commonly known in the UK as the PhD by Published Work. However, it extends the brief of the original 1996 report by considering the place of publications in PhD submissions more generally (i.e. those that are not clearly delineated in institutional regulations) and sets this latter in a European context, making use of the UKCGE report of 1998 on the ‘Status of Published Work in Submissions for Doctoral Degrees in European Universities’ (UKCGE, 1998).
…‘going public’ is a necessary part of doctoral study and assessment; indeed most UK universities would expect the PhDs that they award to contain material that is of ‘publishable quality’. Publication is then one of the criteria by which PhDs are judged.p.7
