HDR33 - Revision to HDR Thesis - Table of Amendments

For Research Degree Candidates.

Following advice regarding the outcome of examination, this Table of Amendments must be completed by the Candidate, signed by the Principal Supervisor and submitted to the Faculty / School Delegate, then the Dean of Gradute of Studies.

Please also upload to this form:

1. Your letter of recommendation

2. Your revised thesis with tracked changes

3. A clean copy of the revised thesis (changes accepted)

4. A table of amendments (Note: you can list the amendments WITHIN the form instead if preferred)

• All relevant answers must be completed. Depending on your response to a given answer, additional information may be required. You will be unable to continue until the required answers have been completed.
  

• Progress on this form can be saved and completed at a later stage.

• When selecting 'save and continue later', a link will be emailed to you, that enables you to return to complete the form.

• Once you have completed your section press 'submit' at the bottom of the page

• Once you press submit you will not be able to change your answers.

Workflows:

Workflows have been enabled with this form to facilitate authorisations and signatures as follows:

1. Candidate completes Section 1 - submits to Principal Supervisor

2. Principal Supervisor completes Section 2 - submits to Faculty / School administration office

3. Faculty / School administration office completes section 3 – submits to Faculty / School Delegate

4. Faculty / School Delegate completes section 4 – submits to Research Degrees Office

5. Research Degrees Office completes section 5 – submits to Dean of Graduate Studies

6. Dean of Graduate Studies completes section 6 – submits to Research Degrees Office  (HDR Exams)

7. Research Office ( HDR Exams) to process form.

A copy of the form will be sent to the candidate once the principal supervisor has endorsed.

For queries about the process, or difficulties using the form, please contact the Examination Coordinator by phone at +61 8 8946 7065 or by email at hdrexams@cdu.edu.au

To assist reviewers in determining whether the examiner’s recommendations have been adequately addressed and the thesis revised accordingly, the student must upload:

• The letter of recommendation – provided by ORI with the examination outcome and examiner reports.

• Two versions of the amended thesis:

  1. Tracked changes version – clearly showing all amendments made to the thesis.

  2. Clean version – with all amendments accepted and no tracked changes visible.

In revising my thesis, I have responded to all comments raised by the Examiners.

Please provide enough details of the change to the thesis to help your faculty and the DGS to confirm that you have effectively accommodated each comment / recommendation.

Avoid rejecting examiner comments/recommendations:

• Approaching the feedback like reviewer feedback for a journal article submission is advisable – rejecting reviewer feedback often means your article won’t be accepted.

• Recommendations that you’d like to reject can sometimes be accommodated/agreed with by acknowledging as alternate perspectives or limitations in the research limitations/future research avenues sections at the end of the thesis.

If examiner recommendations contradict one another, please explain how you resolved these differences and why you chose that approach. For example, if one examiner suggests keeping the Results section as it is, while another recommends rewriting it, explain which recommendation you followed (and why) and how you acknowledged or considered the other perspective. This might include partial changes, a summary, or another compromise where appropriate for example. Your supervisor can provide guidance and support if needed.

Below is a AN EXAMPLE ONLY of a table that you could include in a separate table of amendments Word document:

If you have uploaded a table of amendments, you do NOT need to complete this table. Instead, go to the next section.

Briefly summarise any other amendments that have been made to the revised version of the thesis and why. Eg. Compliance with PresentationGuidelines, Faculty Recommendations

If you are ready to submit, please select the submit button below.

This form will then be sent to your principal supervisor to request their endorsement.

Once you have selected "submit" you are no longer able to go back and change your answers.

Please select the applicable email address from the dropdown box below.

Once you click 'submit' the form will be sent to the relevant Faculty / School HDR Administrator who will request the delegates endorsement.

List of Faculty / school and email address:

The ADR may approve the revisions submitted by the student, may ask for further revisions, or (in rare cases) may decide that the revisions are not approved. 

If the ADR requires further revisions from the student, please liaise directly with the student regarding what is required for your approval. If the student provides additional documents to the ADR and the ADR is happy to approve those additional documents, please choose the third option below and upload the approved documents before submitting to  ORI for the DGS consideration. 

Once you press submit, the form will be sent to the HDR Exams office, then the Dean of Graduate Studies.