ABSTRACT
In Chapter 2 we started a search for the meaning of doctorateness which could be carried forward and used in the doctoral examining process. The chapter concluded that, especially in the current climate of diversity, there could be no single, common-to-all concept. Instead, we should be looking for family resemblances between and across doctorates. The previous chapter examined four areas where the key criteria might be found. This chapter looks at two further areas where the judgement of ‘doctorateness’ is played out in practice: written regulations and the oral examination.
