Cath Raby in conversation with Jen Webb on research higher degree examination administration

This paper is the edited transcript of a conversation between Cath Raby (Research Students Office) and Jen Webb about an administrator’s perspective of the process of examining creative arts doctoral theses. Cath has been central to the process since 2000, and has overseen the carriage of examination for creative arts theses in design, architecture, media production, sound production, creative writing and visual art. Cath explains the ‘fit’ between these theses and those in more conventional forms, and speculates on the value of creative arts doctorates to candidates and the institution.