It is common for examiners to recommend minor (B) or major (C) amendments when examining a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) thesis.
Amending your thesis is part of the HDR examination procedure and an important part of your HDR journey and learning process.
The examiners’ recommendations must form the basis of your final thesis amendments.
Your final thesis (showing tracked changes) needs to be submitted in Inspire for approval by your supervisor, College HDR Coordinator and the Dean of Graduate Research.
You also need to submit a Thesis Amendments Table, fully addressing all examiner comments and making it clear where requested changes have been made to the thesis.
HDR examiners are experts in their field whose academic expertise and experience must be respected. If your examiners do not agree, or you have an academic argument for not making a requested change, you still need to address every comment in your Amendments Table.
Examiner comments regarding publications included in your thesis must be fully addressed in your Amendments Table. The fact that work is published is not an acceptable justification for ignoring examiner recommendations. Where you cannot change published work, you may still be able to address examiners’ comments elsewhere in your thesis or appendices.
You can find further advice on completing your thesis amendments here: Thesis amendments after your examination.