Personal analysis shows time taken for examining PhD theses varies, indicating insight into academic workload.
I examined a Ph.D. thesis this week. I usually do about two or three of these a year. I was curious to work out how long it takes to undertake this task, so in my slightly obsessive fashion, I got cracking on the time tracking.
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