However, Jo, when Jim Simpson and I examined a thesis at UEA around
2000, you were present - not, I think, as supervisor, but as a kind of
faculty friend. I have had the supervisor present at vivas in Leeds and
Liverpool.
Ritchie
Jo Catling wrote:
> At UEA the supervisor is not allowed to be present or take any part in
> the examination process after the external is appointed, and usually
> hovers nervously waiting for the candidate to emerge.
> Consequently it can come as rather as a surprise, externalling at
> other institutions, to find the supervisor present (albeit taking a
> literal back seat)...
> best
> Jo
>
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> *From:* JISCmail German Studies List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *gordon burgess
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2009 7:59 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: PhD viva voce and supervisor
>
> Dear All,
>
> Same here. What usually happens is the student and the supervisor
> agree in advance what the student feels more comfortable with. In
> my own experience, the student has always asked me to be present
> as a kind of moral support. The supervisor then asks the internal
> examiner to approach the external examiner as to whether the
> supervisor can be present. I have never known an external examiner
> to go against the wishes of the student in this respect.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Gordon
>
>
> On 26 May 2009, at 17:57, Naomi Segal wrote:
>
>> Dear All
>> In London University the supervisor can be present but is
>> normally expected to keep quiet.
>> *From:* JISCmail German Studies List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of
>> *O'Dochartaigh Pol
>> *Sent:* 26 May 2009 17:41
>> *To:* [log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> *Subject:* PhD viva voce and supervisor
>> Colleagues,
>> Can I ask whether at your institution the candidate’s PhD
>> supervisor is allowed to be present at the viva voce and, if so,
>> under what conditions?
>> Regards,
>> Pól.
>> Professor Pól Ó Dochartaigh
>> Dean, Faculty of Arts
>> Vice-President, Association for German Studies in Great Britain
>> and Ireland
>> Faculty of Arts
>> University of Ulster
>> Coleraine, BT52 1SA
>> N. Ireland
>> Tel: +44 28 7032 4517
>> Fax: +44 28 7032 4925
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>> Web: www.arts.ulster.ac.uk <http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk>
>> Web: www.cutg.ac.uk <http://www.cutg.ac.uk>
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