Supervising and examining research students
Topic: Editorial support for research students
What is the effect on the academic integrity of the thesis when it is edited by someone other than the student?
This topic is designed to help you improve:
- your understanding of the ethical and policy dimensions of third party editing of theses
- your skill in advising higher degree by research students appropriately about their use of editorial support
In this topic, a short report invites you to explore the issues.
What do you think: Is the thesis the student's own work if it has been edited by someone else?
University guidelines related to this topic:
Monash University Research Graduate School. Doctoral and MPhil handbook. Chapter 7: Thesis and examination matters, Para 7.3.4 Acknowledgement of editing assistance.
http://www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/research/doctoral/chapter7c.html
University of Melbourne School of Graduate Studies. Editing of theses.
http://www.gradstudies.unimelb.edu.au/phd/enrolcandid/phdhbk/phdthesis/editing.html
Further reading on this topic:
Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies, & Council of the Australian Societies of Editors. (n.d.). The editing of research theses by professional editors. Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://www.iped-editors.org/files/Editing_theses.pdf
Sets out types of editorial advice that may be provided by academic supervisors and professional editors, and how to acknowledge the latter in the thesis.
Sheehan, R. (2005). Increasing research impact through the use of editorial support. In R. Sharma & N. Booth (Eds.), Proceedings of 2005 Forum of the Australasian Association for Institutional Research (pp.86-97). Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://www.aair.org.au/Forum2005/Sheehan.pdf
“Clearly, the university sector is at sixes and sevens about thesis editing… HDR students are not on a level playing field.” (p.90-91)
Overview | Research skills training | Quality assurance of the submitted thesis
Formative assessment of the thesis | Editorial support for research students