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Doctoral inquiry into one academic standard across campus and tuition-free online—research, not a professional licence.
Online or on campus
Doctoral education in this field fails when it becomes a collection of ed-tech evaluations with no theory of the award. This PhD starts with dual-pathway parity as a researchable object: assessment, library licences, identity checking, storm continuity, and the political economy of tuition-free online beside a campus in a capital city. Candidates may be campus-based in London or primarily remote; the doctorate itself must exemplify the standard it studies. Vivas are online-capable and recorded under published rules. Faculty will not accept a thesis that treats ‘online’ as automatically inferior or automatically innovative. The award is a research PhD. It is not QAA employment, not OfS, not GTCS. Capstone is the thesis and viva, aligned with stated faculty areas: dual-pathway quality, digital assessment integrity, British HE policy, and related inquiries. Dual-pathway candidature logistics must not become a lighter doctorate: the viva standard is one standard. Haverton University will not use QAA logos or promise a quality-agency post. Candidates study library parity, identity-checked assessment, storm continuity, and the political economy of tuition-free online beside an London campus, with ethics that refuse covert student surveillance as a method. PhD Digital and Dual-Pathway Higher Education is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 3–4 years, and the credit total is 60. Students move from The Award as Object: Dual-Pathway Theory through The Award as Object: Dual-Pathway Theory; UK and British HE Policy Literacy for Researchers; Research Ethics, Identity, and Remote Participation; Qualitative Inquiry in Universities as Organisations; Quantitative and Mixed Evidence of Parity; Document, Legal, and Policy Analysis, and finish on Confirmation and Progression. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students design a short sequence for a named group of learners and the criteria that would mark it fairly. Reading is a curriculum extract, an assessment specification, and an evaluation summary. The artefact a marker expects is a plan with outcomes, a task, criteria, and a note on bias. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Produce an original thesis on digital and/or dual-pathway higher education Defend methods in a timezone-aware viva Situate British and UK policy without claiming agency staff status Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. This course does not confer a teaching licence, QTS, or equivalent registration. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Sixty credits as published for this doctoral structure, three to four years: research training modules plus supervised thesis. Exam fee 80. Dual pathway for candidature logistics; one examination standard. No QAA logos.
Study online
Online tuition is free. Online examinations and certificates are 100% free and sponsored.
On-campus study
Prefer to learn at our London campus? Campus tuition is published on each programme page. All examinations are 100% free of charge.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB961 | The Award as Object: Dual-Pathway Theory The Award as Object: Dual-Pathway Theory (UOB961) is a course on PhD Digital and Dual-Pathway Higher Education. It carries 60 credits and 600 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a teaching licence or qualified-teacher status.
| 60 · 600 h |
| UOB962 | UK and British HE Policy Literacy for Researchers UK and British HE Policy Literacy for Researchers (UOB962) is a course on PhD Digital and Dual-Pathway Higher Education. It carries 60 credits and 600 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a teaching licence or qualified-teacher status.
| 60 · 600 h |
| UOB963 | Research Ethics, Identity, and Remote Participation Research Ethics, Identity, and Remote Participation (UOB963) is a course on PhD Digital and Dual-Pathway Higher Education. It carries 60 credits and 600 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a teaching licence or qualified-teacher status.
| 60 · 600 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB965 | Qualitative Inquiry in Universities as Organisations Qualitative Inquiry in Universities as Organisations (UOB965) is a course on PhD Digital and Dual-Pathway Higher Education. It carries 60 credits and 600 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a teaching licence or qualified-teacher status.
| 60 · 600 h |
| UOB966 | Quantitative and Mixed Evidence of Parity Quantitative and Mixed Evidence of Parity (UOB966) is a course on PhD Digital and Dual-Pathway Higher Education. It carries 60 credits and 600 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a teaching licence or qualified-teacher status.
| 60 · 600 h |
| UOB967 | Document, Legal, and Policy Analysis Document, Legal, and Policy Analysis (UOB967) is a course on PhD Digital and Dual-Pathway Higher Education. It carries 60 credits and 600 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a teaching licence or qualified-teacher status.
| 60 · 600 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB969 | Assessment Integrity and Generative AI Assessment Integrity and Generative AI (UOB969) is a course on PhD Digital and Dual-Pathway Higher Education. It carries 60 credits and 600 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a teaching licence or qualified-teacher status.
| 60 · 600 h |
| UOB970 | Library Licences and Resource Justice Library Licences and Resource Justice (UOB970) is a course on PhD Digital and Dual-Pathway Higher Education. It carries 60 credits and 600 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a teaching licence or qualified-teacher status.
| 60 · 600 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB973 | Confirmation and Progression Confirmation and Progression (UOB973) is a course on PhD Digital and Dual-Pathway Higher Education. It carries 60 credits and 600 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a teaching licence or qualified-teacher status.
| 60 · 600 h |
Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 3–4 years. Teaching language: English (dual pathway: London campus or tuition-free online; one academic standard). Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Haverton. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. All online degree examinations and certificates are 100% free and sponsored — the only cost for online study is the application fee. Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged separately. Check the Fees page for details.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents, research). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Haverton University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
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