Well, that's the modified response from one of our commenters when we asked him if he had any physical evidence of UTAS mistreatment. After abject apologies from us it turns out that he does have at least some real evidence. This is the note his PhD supervisor wrote to him after the supervisor had read his revised thesis.

The original thesis had got quite disparate marks, a "B" from the International expert: "Correct the errors I've listed below to your Head of Departments satisfaction and I advise that the degree of PhD be awarded". A "B" grade is the second highest possible, an "A" being "no errors, award degree". An "A" grade is rarely given, there are always errors if only typos in a several hundred page document.

The Australian marker didn't like the controversial thesis at all. He gave it a "D" grade: "Re-write it as a Masters Degree" We'll discuss this marker in more detail in a later post.

The student was told to correct the errors and re-submit the thesis for adjudication. He did this and gave the thesis to his supervisor to read. The supervisor did so and returned the revised thesis with this note on the front cover.



The student was obviously quite happy with this and so had the thesis bound and re-submitted it for adjudication.

The adjudicator FAILED the thesis entirely. He gave it an "F" "No PhD, no Masters degree to be awarded"