The UKM Graduate Centre Public Lecture Series 11/2016: How (Not) to Pass Your PhD

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About

Getting a PhD is a rewarding experience for any postgraduate student. The attrition rate in PhD program, however, is relatively high. Some students fail in their courseworks. Others did not complete their thesis on time. This presentation focuses on some of the reasons for failing a PhD. The presentation will highlight some of the “traps” and pitfalls that had prevented and can prevent students from fetching the desired results and completing their thesis. Postgraduate students need to know how to avoid the traps and pitfalls of PhD thesis writing. Students need to understand the implications of these traps fully in their own situation and determine not to succumb to them.  The presentation hopes to offer insights to the postgraduates on what actions from their side to avoid PhD thesis failure.

Speaker Background

Madeline Berma is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She has more than 30 years of experience lecturing, researching and supervising postgraduate students in the field of Development Economics, poverty, and rural development. As an academic, she had served as the main supervisor for Master and PhD research students, a member of PhD Thesis Advisory Committee, and an internal as well as external examiner. She had experiences as an external examiner to Masters and PhD research theses from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Malaya, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, and International Islamic University. She had shared her supervision and examination experiences in several Postgraduate workshops organized by the Faculty of Economics and Management, UKM.