Doctoral FAQ
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What Is a Professional Doctorate, and How Is It Different From a PhD?
A professional doctorate is not a shorter PhD — it is a different assessment architecture. One university’s regulations set the PhD at 100,000 words, the DBA at 60,000,…
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Dissertation or Thesis? What the Words Mean in the UK, and What Actually Changes
In the UK a dissertation is normally the written project of a taught degree and a thesis is the submission for a research degree — but the word…
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What Is the MPhil to PhD Upgrade (Confirmation of Registration) and What Does the Panel Decide?
What the upgrade or confirmation review actually assesses, what you submit, the outcomes available to a panel, and the difference between an MPhil as a registration stage and…
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What Counts as an Original Contribution to Knowledge in a UK PhD Thesis?
What the QAA actually requires of a UK doctorate, the nine recognised forms an original contribution can take, and how to state yours in a single sentence your…