Submission of theses not in English
for the Glenn Brown Award
The Honors and Awards Committee of the ILCS has a responsibility to
ensure that the Glenn Brown Award for the best PhD thesis is used to
recognise the best internationally competitive achievement at the level
of a PhD thesis.
While we strive to ensure that the award is as inclusive as possible, we
note the following in considering theses not written in English:
- The 3 page abstract and CV alone are insufficient for us to
judge the quality of the thesis (which is the document being awarded the
prize)
- In order to gain a representative judgement of the theses
submitted for the award, at least two (and preferably three) members of
the committee need to be able to read the thesis and pass a view.
Therefore, for submissions not originally in English
- A full English translation is preferable.
Where a translation is not available, the submission must be
supplemented by:
- An extended summary in English of each chapter presented in the
thesis. This may include published papers (in English) which present the
results of the thesis, with a summary (in English) of how the papers fit
into the thesis work.
- An extended CV, showing the particular contributions of the
candidate to each of published papers, together with a clear statement
of the contribution of each of the co-authors of the papers. Where only
part of the work within a paper was submitted in the thesis, this also
must be made absolutely clear (it is the thesis that is being judged,
not the papers).
This supplement has been formulated through consultation with the Honors
and Awards Committee and the Chairman of the ILCS, and will be used to
inform submissions for the Glenn Brown awards to be made in 2008. It
will be submitted for discussion by the ILCS Committee at the meeting to
be held in 2008.
Honors and Awards Committee
November 12, 2007