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TEX-FORM-01
Thesis Examination Summary Report for Higher Degrees by
Research
JCU Graduate Research School (GRS)
This summative report should accompany your written formative report to the University. This report
is also used to report on an Exegesis/Creative work for Candidates who have undertaken Arts-based
and/or practice-
led research. Reasons for the recommendation should be able to: (1) be
understood by an independent committee, which will include academics from a range of
disciplines, and (2) stand scrutiny in an appeal process. Examiners are requested to set out in their
detailed report, reasons for the recommendations they make on this thesis to the University.
Candidate:
Examiner #
Research
PhD
Doctorate
Publication
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Section 1: Summative Evaluation of Thesis - Please nominate one grade only
Formative recommendation for revision prior
to conferral of the degree
Criteria for recommendation
☐ Recommendation NA. The thesis be
passed with no requirement for correction or
amendments
The candidate has fulfilled the requirements of the
degree. The thesis/exegesis is ready for permanent
binding and placement in the University Library
without any changes or emendations.
☐ Recommendation MA. The thesis be
passed after the candidate has made the
minor textual corrections I have
recommended to the satisfaction of the
Dean of College.
The candidate will have fulfilled the requirements
the degree when the minor textual amendments
and corrections specified (approx. 1 week of work)
are made to the satisfaction of the College Dean.
The thesis/exegesis will then be ready for
permanent binding and placement in the
University Library.
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Recommendation SA (a). The thesis be
passed without further examination provided
that the candidate has rewritten specific
sections of the thesis I have identified to the
satisfaction of the Dean of College; this
rewriting will clarify but not change the
substantive conclusions of the thesis.
The candidate will have fulfilled the requirements
of the degree when the passages specified
(approx. maximum of 6 weeks of work, which may
include some data re-analysis) are rewritten to the
satisfaction of the College Dean. This rewriting will
not change the substantive conclusions of the
thesis/exegesis. The thesis/exegesis will then be
ready for permanent binding and placement in
the University Library.
The thesis be
passed provided that the candidate has
rewritten specific sections of the thesis I have
identified, to my satisfaction: I request to see
the rewritten sections. This rewriting will not
change the substantive conclusions of the
thesis.
The candidate will have fulfilled the requirements
of the degree when the passages specified are
rewritten to my satisfaction (approx. maximum of 6
weeks of work which may include some data re-
analysis) This rewriting will not change the
substantive conclusions of the thesis/exegesis. The
thesis/exegesis will then be ready for permanent
binding and placement in the University Library.