Doctoral dissertation prize
The Research Degrees Examination Board (RDEB) awards an annual prize for outstanding excellence in a doctoral dissertation in each Faculty.
Eligibility
To be considered, students must have been awarded a doctoral degree by dissertation within the relevant academic year.
Students who were registered for a doctoral degree by published work, cannot be nominated for the prize.
Examiners make a doctoral dissertation prize nomination where they agree that the student's dissertation:
- has made an exceptional achievement, as demonstrated in the substance and presentation of the dissertation
- contains a high level of originality and makes an important contribution to the research area or discipline/s
- has excelled in the use of research methods and/or techniques.
Examiners nominate suitable dissertations on their joint final report and the nominations are discussed by the RDEB.
Judging process
The Faculty Academic Director (PGR) reviews all nominations and proposes three winners for their faculty.
RDEB confirms the winners from each faculty at its first meeting of the next academic year.
The RDEB Chair decides on a Vice-Chancellor's prize for best doctoral dissertation from the faculty winners.
Announcing the results
Formal communications will be sent out after RDEB has confirmed the winners.