Dr. Hildebrand Shayo

[Zungu Pule]

Well,

1. I just want to remind you on "Who is a good writer?". In a nutshell, "a good writer is the one who can present complex subject in simple terms for the audience to understand". So, using sophisticated vocabularies is not always a good idea. And this is why, when we write, we do always ask this question; who are the audience?

2. About grammar; this is a global problem, regardless of whether you are a native speaker of English or not. No one can claim to be grammatically perfect. If you think you are perfect, take a test! Or submit your writing for publication or online so that we all can review it. And you will be floored that Dr. Shayo is the best among many.

Thanks,

 

[Nzokanhyilu]

Well,

1. I just want to remind you on "Who is a good writer?". In a nutshell, "a good writer is the one who can present complex subject in simple terms for the audience to understand". So, using sophisticated vocabularies is not always a good idea. And this is why, when we write, we do always ask this question; who are the audience?

2. About grammar; this is a global problem, regardless of whether you are a native speaker of English or not. No one can claim to be grammatically perfect. If you think you are perfect, take a test! Or submit your writing for publication or online so that we all can review it. And you will be floored that Dr. Shayo is the best among many.

Thanks,

Yeah. You right. He still writes crap though!!

Hivi nikikwambia kuna wanafunzi walikuwa wanaenda kwake kwa msaada anawakimbia utaamini?

 

[Mlalahoi]

Yeah. You right. He still writes crap though!!

Hivi nikikwambia kuna wanafunzi walikuwa wanaenda kwake kwa msaada anawakimbia utaamini?

Hili linahitaji ufafanuzi kabla ya kuaminiwa.Unamaanisha msaada wa kitaaluma,kifedha au....?LSBU inaweza kuwa sio among the top-tier universities in the UK,lakini taasisi za kitaaluma zinaongozwa na kanuni na taratibu.For the sake of an arguement,let's agree with you kwamba Dr Shayo alikuwa anawakimbia wanafunzi wanaohitaji msaada wa kitaaluma kwake (hii la msaada wa kitaaluma ni assumption yangu coz you never made it clear in your assertion).Ina maana baada ya wanafunzi hao kukimbiwa na Dr Shayo hawakulalamika kwa utawala wa Chuo?Na utawala wa chuo haukuchukua hatua yoyote kwa lecturer huyo?Talking of crap articles,this is an unbelievably and ridiculously crappy assertion.

At last someone is now showing his true colours!Seems like you've got issues with our learned brother,Dr Shayo.

PS,Kama hao madenti waliokimbiwa (na hawakulalamika) walikwenda kumpiga mzinga/kirungu Dr Shayo,he had every reason to avoid them.Au mzee ulikuwa mmoja wao,so the beef goes on?

 

[Nzokanhyilu]

Hili linahitaji ufafanuzi kabla ya kuaminiwa.Unamaanisha msaada wa kitaaluma,kifedha au....?LSBU inaweza kuwa sio among the top-tier universities in the UK,lakini taasisi za kitaaluma zinaongozwa na kanuni na taratibu.For the sake of an arguement,let's agree with you kwamba Dr Shayo alikuwa anawakimbia wanafunzi wanaohitaji msaada wa kitaaluma kwake (hii la msaada wa kitaaluma ni assumption yangu coz you never made it clear in your assertion).Ina maana baada ya wanafunzi hao kukimbiwa na Dr Shayo hawakulalamika kwa utawala wa Chuo?Na utawala wa chuo haukuchukua hatua yoyote kwa lecturer huyo?Talking of crap articles,this is an unbelievably and ridiculously crappy assertion.

At last someone is now showing his true colours!Seems like you've got issues with our learned brother,Dr Shayo.

PS,Kama hao madenti waliokimbiwa (na hawakulalamika) walikwenda kumpiga mzinga/kirungu Dr Shayo,he had every reason to avoid them.Au mzee ulikuwa mmoja wao,so the beef goes on?

Lol. Sijawahi kuongea naye zaidi ya mara moja kwenye get together ya kibongo. Kama 2 years ago. Baada ya hapo nikasikia story ya wanafunzi kukimbiwa. Na ninawajua hao wanafunzi. Kusikia hivyo ndio nikaanza kusoma article zake ambazo nilikuwa napuuzia tu b4, maana nikianza nilikuwa napata kichefuchefu.

Kuhusu wanafunzi, walienda kumwomba msaada kimasomo. Ila kuna vitu vingine viache kama vilivyo lasivyo utafunua mambo mengine ambayo sioni muhimu kwenda. And I aint going that way. No sir. Thank you.

Najipiga mzinga mwenyewe.

The articles are still crap though!

 

[Kinyambiss]

GT= Discussing People = Small Mind.

Tuambie What are your academic qualifications? Au ndio wale wakujilipua. This "Dr" thread has no substance.. It has been established that the man holds a PhD and is a professor of economics.. Atakama anabad grammar. He most certainly, is an academic, and has, in all likelihood, contributed more to Tanzania and the developing world through his academic research than you ever will in this lil JF world.. HATER.lol

 

[Nzokanhyilu]

Simple Question,
1. WHAT IS THE PhD THESIS TITTLE? I wanna read it.
2. How has a report of timber helped Tanzania? Less logging? More illegal logging?
3. Watu wanafanya research kuhusu issue za Africa kwasababu wanafudge data.


Mlalahoi na wapambe wa msomi wetu, by the way, mimi nina mentor aliyefanya PhD yake katika urefu wa kurasa 12 tu (makes you wonder huh!!?). Mpaka leo hii kazi yake ni template ya kila kitu kifanyikacho katika industry. Na kazi yake hiyo inakaribia miaka 40 na bado anaendeleza libeneke. So kila mtu na standards zake. We una wako wa kuenzi aka 'Dr.', na mimi nina wangu. Clearly we are on different pages.

On this note, am out!

 

[MwanajamiiOne]

Duh yaani nimesoma hadi macho yanauma.......... but at least anajitahidi kupresent his thoughts ..............

 

[Mlalahoi]

Simple Question,
1. WHAT IS THE PhD THESIS TITTLE? I wanna read it.
2. How has a report of timber helped Tanzania? Less logging? More illegal logging?
3. Watu wanafanya research kuhusu issue za Africa kwasababu wanafudge data.


Mlalahoi na wapambe wa msomi wetu, by the way, mimi nina mentor aliyefanya PhD yake katika urefu wa kurasa 12 tu (makes you wonder huh!!?). Mpaka leo hii kazi yake ni template ya kila kitu kifanyikacho katika industry. Na kazi yake hiyo inakaribia miaka 40 na bado anaendeleza libeneke. So kila mtu na standards zake. We una wako wa kuenzi aka 'Dr.', na mimi nina wangu. Clearly we are on different pages.

On this note, am out!

Lol. Sijawahi kuongea naye zaidi ya mara moja kwenye get together ya kibongo. Kama 2 years ago. Baada ya hapo nikasikia story ya wanafunzi kukimbiwa.

Kwa vile ulishawahi kuongea nae,japo once,hiyo ndio ilikuwa nafasi mwafaka ya kumuuliza title ya PhD Thesis yake.I think this is the wrong place for that.Au namna gani vipi,hao wanafunzi wake (alowakimbia,allegedly) wanaweza kuwa na jibu zuri zaidi.

Ahh kaka,this is now too much.Unakuja na mambo ya ajabu ajabu.Kwanza ulituambia ulifundisha a top-tier university (hukutupa japo jina au location ) mara baada ya kumaliza first degree yako....Sasa unakuja na habari za mentor wako aliyefanya PhD ilioyozaa thesis ya kurasa 12 tu.Well,sijui hiyo PhD ilikuwa ya Kiingereza,Kiarabu au lugha gani kwa hiyo siwezi ku-comment kwenye idadi ya kurasa.Kwa taarifa tu,taratibu za vyuo vingi vya kimataifa ni maneno 100,000...sasa kama mentor wako aliweza kuya-squeze katika page 12,that's unbelievably superb!!!!

Ah,halafu nusura nisahau.Ushasema kazi ya mentor wako imekuwa template kwa nearly 40 yrs,implying tunazungumzia PhDs za 1960s.I agree with you,standards za miaka hiyo zinaweza kuwa tofauti na miaka hii.Kama dissertations za UDSM zimekuwa zikichapwa na departmental secretaries hadi 1990s tutegemee nini enzi hizo za 1960s?....but I'm in no way whatsoever suggesting that your mentor graduated from there.

Na unaposema kwamba kazi ya mentor wako imekuwa template kwa wengine unamaanisha nini hasa? PLAGIARISM?

Call it upambe kwa Dr Shayo but I cant blame you.Nazijua mbinde za kukamata PhD,na huenda nawe ungezijua au ku-experience japo kwa kutengeneza thesis ya page 12 tu basi pengine ungekuwa na mtizamo tofauti....

 

[Nzokanhyilu]

Kwa vile ulishawahi kuongea nae,japo once,hiyo ndio ilikuwa nafasi mwafaka ya kumuuliza title ya PhD Thesis yake.I think this is the wrong place for that.Au namna gani vipi,hao wanafunzi wake (alowakimbia,allegedly) wanaweza kuwa na jibu zuri zaidi.

Ahh kaka,this is now too much.Unakuja na mambo ya ajabu ajabu.Kwanza ulituambia ulifundisha a top-tier university (hukutupa japo jina au location ) mara baada ya kumaliza first degree yako....Sasa unakuja na habari za mentor wako aliyefanya PhD ilioyozaa thesis ya kurasa 12 tu.Well,sijui hiyo PhD ilikuwa ya Kiingereza,Kiarabu au lugha gani kwa hiyo siwezi ku-comment kwenye idadi ya kurasa.Kwa taarifa tu,taratibu za vyuo vingi vya kimataifa ni maneno 100,000...sasa kama mentor wako aliweza kuya-squeze katika page 12,that's unbelievably superb!!!!

Ah,halafu nusura nisahau.Ushasema kazi ya mentor wako imekuwa template kwa nearly 40 yrs,implying tunazungumzia PhDs za 1960s.I agree with you,standards za miaka hiyo zinaweza kuwa tofauti na miaka hii.Kama dissertations za UDSM zimekuwa zikichapwa na departmental secretaries hadi 1990s tutegemee nini enzi hizo za 1960s?....but I'm in no way whatsoever suggesting that your mentor graduated from there.

Na unaposema kwamba kazi ya mentor wako imekuwa template kwa wengine unamaanisha nini hasa? PLAGIARISM?

Call it upambe kwa Dr Shayo but I cant blame you.Nazijua mbinde za kukamata PhD,na huenda nawe ungezijua au ku-experience japo kwa kutengeneza thesis ya page 12 tu basi pengine ungekuwa na mtizamo tofauti....

Poa, personally sina haja ya kuprove chochote kwako. I know my level, na ndio maana naandika nachoandika.

Sina issue na PhD yake, ila utumbo anaoandika hauendani na mtu mwenye PhD. Therefore, ndio watu kuuliza hiyo PhD vipi?

I am happy not to write articles. I am also very happy to comment on good and crap articles and question the credentials of the writer too.

Mimi Engineer, I do things that work. Economist, watu wa maendeleo etc wana-theorise sana, na ndio waliotuweka kwenye mess hiyo hiyo aliyemjibu Prof. Ndulu. Na theories za hizo PhD hazijaleta maendeleo Africa.

Kuna article ambayo haipatikani online sasa hivi ila aliandika TZUK ilikuwa utumbo mtupu. Wasiliana na TZUK wakupe article zote. Mimi sina muda huo, niko busy nafanya mambo ambayo yanaleta instant mabadiliko. Sina muda wa ku-theorise.

Tukubaliane,
- mimi siwezi ku-prove vitu nilivyosema kuhusu mimi
- mimi sina uwezo wa kupata PhD
- wewe unaamini Dr. Shayo ni kichwa na ana PhD kali
- mimi naona PhD yake ni ya utata kutokana na utumbo anaoandika na sehemu aliyoipata
- wewe unaamini ninatamani hiyo PhD ya Dr. Shayo
- mimi naamini jamaa ni intelligent ndio maana yupo alipo
- Nikitaka kufanya PhD naweza, ila imani zangu nikifanya PhD ni practical na italeta maendeleo na mabadiliko. Infact nina uwezo wa kufanya project ya miezi 3 tu na ikawa template ya maendeleo.

Nakutakia kila la heri na Economic Advisor wa Prof. Ndulu. Nina mwombea kila la heri aweze kuwa kiongozi mzuri Tanzania asaidie kuondoa umasikini katika nchi yetu.

last thing;
NAOMBA TITLE YA PhD THESIS YAKE, I AM HUNGERING FOR KNOWLEDGE!

 

[Mlalahoi]

Poa, personally sina haja ya kuprove chochote kwako. I know my level, na ndio maana naandika nachoandika.

Sina issue na PhD yake, ila utumbo anaoandika hauendani na mtu mwenye PhD. Therefore, ndio watu kuuliza hiyo PhD vipi?

I am happy not to write articles. I am also very happy to comment on good and crap articles and question the credentials of the writer too.

Mimi Engineer, I do things that work. Economist, watu wa maendeleo etc wana-theorise sana, na ndio waliotuweka kwenye mess hiyo hiyo aliyemjibu Prof. Ndulu. Na theories za hizo PhD hazijaleta maendeleo Africa.

Kuna article ambayo haipatikani online sasa hivi ila aliandika TZUK ilikuwa utumbo mtupu. Wasiliana na TZUK wakupe article zote. Mimi sina muda huo, niko busy nafanya mambo ambayo yanaleta instant mabadiliko. Sina muda wa ku-theorise.

Tukubaliane,
- mimi siwezi ku-prove vitu nilivyosema kuhusu mimi
- mimi sina uwezo wa kupata PhD
- wewe unaamini Dr. Shayo ni kichwa na ana PhD kali
- mimi naona PhD yake ni ya utata kutokana na utumbo anaoandika na sehemu aliyoipata
- wewe unaamini ninatamani hiyo PhD ya Dr. Shayo
- mimi naamini jamaa ni intelligent ndio maana yupo alipo
- Nikitaka kufanya PhD naweza, ila imani zangu nikifanya PhD ni practical na italeta maendeleo na mabadiliko. Infact nina uwezo wa kufanya project ya miezi 3 tu na ikawa template ya maendeleo.

Nakutakia kila la heri na Economic Advisor wa Prof. Ndulu. Nina mwombea kila la heri aweze kuwa kiongozi mzuri Tanzania asaidie kuondoa umasikini katika nchi yetu.

last thing;
NAOMBA TITLE YA PhD THESIS YAKE, I AM HUNGERING FOR KNOWLEDGE!

Acha dharau kwenye professions za watu.Eti engineer who do things that work!What about doctors then who make PEOPLE work?Hiyo lugha ni ya mtaani sana kwa mtu unayejaribu kuonyesha unajiweza kitaaluma.Overgeneralization kwamba economists ndio waliotuweka katika mess hii sio sahihi...kama unazungumzia mess ya Tanzania,then kuna wanasiasa ambao licha ya kupuuza ushauri wa wachumi pia wanawaelekeza wachumi hao nini cha kufanya kwa maslahi ya kifisadi.Na kama unazungumia hali ya uchumi duniani kwa sasa,then ni political economy...na humo hata akina Bush na sera zake wanaingia.

Back to engineers,sihitaji kuelezea kuhusu Profesa Mwandosya wa Engineering na mambo alofanya akiwa Waziri wa Mawasiliano (isomoeke TTCL).Mfumo wa maisha duniani ni kama ule wa binadamu,huwezi kusema engineer ni muhimu kuliko daktari au mchumi,just like huwezi kusema pua ni muhimu zaidi kuliko sehemu ya haja kubwa.

Title ya PhD Thesis ya Dr Shayo ni hii VIOLATIONS OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON FOREST RESOURCES EXTRACTION AND TIMBER: SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS OF THE TIMBER TRADE IN TANZANIA.Now what's the title of your Bachelor's dissertation?Next time kabla ya kuuliza swali kwa BOLD LETTERS jaribu kufanya utafiti kidogo hata angalau kwenye Google!

Kila siku unakuja na jipya.Jana ulituambia kuhusu a 12-page PhD Thesis ya mentor wako,leo unatueleza kwamba unaweza kufanya project ndani ya miezi mitatu!Mbona mingi sana hiyo?Kwani kuna muda maalum wa kufanya project as a project?Au unataka kusema kuwa unaweza kufanya project ya PhD ndani ya miezi mitatu?Hiyo itakuwa wishful thinking if not a pipedream.

Maendeleo ya kweli na vita dhidi ya umasikini sio jukumu la Prof Ndulu au washauri wake pekee bali ni la kila mpenda maendeleo.Na ili tuendelee tunapaswa tuache porojo bali tuongeze jitohada kwenye vitendo.

 

[Nzokanhyilu]

I will ignore all the assumptions you have made above in regards to dharau. It seems everything I type, I have to explain to you like a likkle kid. A doctor is like an engineer, they do practical things that work....etc. You wouldnt understand. Balali was with IMF or WorldBank, look where that has got Tanzania into. If Mwandosya or any Engineer gets his hands working, practical things are achieved. But when world markets are tumbling all over the world, it means Ecomomist are screwing up. Its a fact that is observed today. No bullsh.it, this is a fact we are experiencing right now, nothing to do with dharau.

PhD - An academic award granted for advanced study and original research in a specialist field, often the highest qualification in a given discipline.

VIOLATIONS OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON FOREST RESOURCES EXTRACTION AND TIMBER: SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS OF THE TIMBER TRADE IN TANZANIA

Dude, how original is this?

- This is an MSc Project. Infact, a high school student can do this.

I wont bother reading the thesis, waste of time. There is still timber logging in Tanzania! This is what I call impractical reports. This thesis could have been done at the UDSM for the benefit of Tanzania. How has this benefitted the UK education system other than point to loopholes on how Africans can be further exploited?

Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!!

 

[Mama]

Sijui Thesis ngapi za UD zinasaidia Tanzania.

Ni vizuri kutokubaliana kwa misingi na si kutokukubaliana ili mradi kutokukubaliana -yaani kutokukubaliana bila sababu yeyote ya msingi.

 

[Nzokanhyilu]

Sijui Thesis ngapi za UD zinasaidia Tanzania.

Ni vizuri kutokubaliana kwa misingi na si kutokukubaliana ili mradi kutokukubaliana -yaani kutokukubaliana bila sababu yeyote ya msingi.

Asante. Ndio swali linarudi mwanzoni kama GT alivyouliza. Kama mtu anaandika utumbo, basi inabidi kuangalia background ya qualification. Na kama PhD ni highest educational award, basi inabidi iwe original na iweze kutumika.

Sasa we soma title ya Thesis, imepatikana wapi, connect na article zinavyoandikwa. Kuna tofauti gani na honorary Doctorate wanazopewa wanasiasa? Do you want to tell me you need to do a 3-4 years reasearch just to figure out how the timber business works in Tanzania?

Hii sio dharau, just laying the facts as they are.

Lets be real!!

 

[Mama]

Asante. Ndio swali linarudi mwanzoni kama GT alivyouliza. Kama mtu anaandika utumbo, basi inabidi kuangalia background ya qualification. Na kama PhD ni highest educational award, basi inabidi iwe original na iweze kutumika.

Sasa we soma title ya Thesis, imepatikana wapi, connect na article zinavyoandikwa. Kuna tofauti gani na honorary Doctorate wanazopewa wanasiasa? Do you want to tell me you need to do a 3-4 years reasearch just to figure out how the timber business works in Tanzania?

Hii sio dharau, just laying the facts as they are.

Lets be real!!

Sikia,

hata siku moja huwezi kulinganisha mwenye PhD yakutafuta (no matter where, when and about what) na hizo za kupewa.

Kama mtu ameandika hypothesis zake, akafanya research kuzitest kama ziko valid au la, hiyo kazi yake ikawa reviewed na waliobobea kwenye hiyo fani, na wakampa udaktari wa falsafa, wewe kama wewe huna haki hata siku moja ya kuidisqualify. Sana sana utai-rate tu. Na rating ya kazi zinatofautiana kati ya mtu na mtu, reviewer na reviewer, candidate na candidate.

Kusema hayo, huna haki ya kudiscuss kazi ya mtu kuwa ni mbaya wakati hujaisoma! Na kama umeisoma basi weka hapa hizo weakness ulizoziona na sio bla bla bla, speculations na kufanya incomparable comparisons.

 

[Mlalahoi]

I will ignore all the assumptions you have made above in regards to dharau. It seems everything I type, I have to explain to you like a likkle kid. A doctor is like an engineer, they do practical things that work....etc. You wouldnt understand. Balali was with IMF or WorldBank, look where that has got Tanzania into. If Mwandosya or any Engineer gets his hands working, practical things are achieved. But when world markets are tumbling all over the world, it means Ecomomist are screwing up. Its a fact that is observed today. No bullsh.it, this is a fact we are experiencing right now, nothing to do with dharau.

PhD - An academic award granted for advanced study and original research in a specialist field, often the highest qualification in a given discipline.


Dude, how original is this?

- This is an MSc Project. Infact, a high school student can do this.

I wont bother reading the thesis, waste of time. There is still timber logging in Tanzania! This is what I call impractical reports. This thesis could have been done at the UDSM for the benefit of Tanzania. How has this benefitted the UK education system other than point to loopholes on how Africans can be further exploited?

Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!!

Ukiambiwa una dharau unalalama.Kwa vile hujafanya japo dissertation ya Masters,itaniwia vigumu kukuelezea kuhusu choice ya topic ya a particular PhD.Unaweza kabisa kuchukua topic ya dissertation yako ya Bachelor kisha ukai-develop kwenye research ya Masters.Na kwa Masters za research with a view to PhD,same topic could be explored.

Na huu ni uzembe wa kufikiri unaochangiwa na kutochanganua mambo kitaaluma.Nani alokwambia kwamba PhD research ikifanyikia UK basi lazima iwe na benefit kwa UK?By the way,topic inajieleza wazi kuwa ni kuhusu Tanzania.Kwa taarifa yako tu,lengo la research ni kuongeza knowledge about topic flani,applicability na relevance ni open kwa wanaoihitaji regardless ya mahala walipo.

Ni mtizamo finyu pekee ndio unaoweza kuwahold responsible economists only kwa the current global economy crisis.Hivi kwa akili yako,sababu pekee ya uchumi wa US kuyumba ni economists kutotekeleza wajibu wao?Kwani Bush nae alikuwa economist?Hao neocons walomwingiza mkenge wa Iraq wote ni economists?Fanya revision kuhusu global trends kabla ya ku-draw conclussions from the air.

Ukisoma hiyo thesis au usiposoma haito-disqualify PhD ya Dr Shayo.Waliosoma na kuipitisha walishafanya kazi hiyo.Na kuonyesha ufinyu wa uchambuzi eti unadai there's still timber logging in Tanzania.Yaani kwa vile bado kuna HIV/AIDS basi watu wasifanye research kuhusu tatizo hilo or for that matter research za HIV/AIDS ni impractical kwa vile tatizo hilo bado lipo?Sikulaumu kwa vile unashindwa kuelewa kwamba findings za any research hazilazimishi policy makers kubadili positions zao.Tunapofanya research tunatumaini zitawasaidia policy makers katika maamuzi na mipango yao lakini experience inaonyesha kwamba mara nyingi maamuzi ya kisiasa hayatilii maanani sana mapendekezo ya kitaaluma.Na hilo sio kwenye timber logging pekee.Mbona findings za Tume ya Nyalali kuhusu multipartism zilionyesha asilimia kubwa ya wananchi hawakutaka vyama vingi lakini serikali ikaamua kinyume chake?

Hata uvamizi wa US huko Irak ulikuwa tofauti na analysis za kiintelijensia kwamba tishio kubwa kwa taifa hilo,na in fact Osama na washirika wake waliopelekea 9/11,lilikuwa Afghanistan na sio Iraq.

Finally,alokwambia lengo la research zinazofanyika UK ni kwa ajili ya ku-benefit the UK academic system ana matatizo kichwani.Kuna research zinazohusu academic or educational system ya UK,na hizo ndizo hasa zinazotarajiwa kunufaisha academic system ya hapa.Kuna research kwa ajili ya masuala ya nchi flani (kama hiyo ya Dr Shayo) lakini kwa kiwango kikubwa research inatarajiwa kuwa na manufaa kwa hadhira kubwa zaidi ya pale ulipoifanyia.

NB To answer you question on ORIGINALITY

PhD - An academic award granted for advanced study and original research in a specialist field, often the highest qualification in a given discipline.
Dude, how original is this?

plz read this

To quote one supervisor, also a head of department and professor in a highly prestigious university, "There is no such thing as truly original work in doctoral theses these days"...institutions do require originality in a doctoral thesis and examiners are supposed to look for it. So it would seem that a good approach is to encourage students to aim for a thesis which conforms to the norms of the discipline but which includes whatever 'originality' supervisors think students can manage, both in the time available and in terms of being readily acceptable to examiners.

The question remains of how 'original' work has to be to claim 'originality'. One answer is that 'originality' can be equated to 'publishability', ie that work can be deemed to have 'originality' if it would be worthy of publication when appropriately presented, irrespective of whether it does in fact ever reach publication. The following table may stimulate further thinking. It suggests common components of fairly routine work, which, when emphasised and appropriately supported and argued, could claim 'originality'.

Some criteria which may merit 'originality'

-Developing a new product or an improvement on an existing one

-Developing a new theory (very rare in doctoral research)

-Reinterpreting an existing theory, possibly in a new context

Developing a new research tool or technique

-Developing a new model or perspective

-Conducting an in-depth study on something not previously known or investigated fully

-Producing a critical analysis of something not previously known or investigated fully

-Developing a portfolio of work based on research

-Developing a collection of generalisable findings or conclusions on something not previously known or investigated fully.

If supervisors do decide to encourage students to aim for highly original work, it is a good idea to require them, in addition, to devise a more conforming fallback position, based on the same general work, so that they can still complete to time if the highly original work should fail to materialise satisfactorily.

 

[Nzokanhyilu]

"VIOLATIONS OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON FOREST RESOURCES EXTRACTION AND TIMBER: SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS OF THE TIMBER TRADE IN TANZANIA"

Articles anazoandika ni mbovu hazina kiwango cha PhD holder.

 

[Mlalahoi]

"VIOLATIONS OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON FOREST RESOURCES EXTRACTION AND TIMBER: SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS OF THE TIMBER TRADE IN TANZANIA"

Articles anazoandika ni mbovu hazina kiwango cha PhD holder.

Zako nzuri zenye kiwango cha Bachelor holder ziko wapi?

 

[Nzokanhyilu]

Zako nzuri zenye kiwango cha Bachelor holder ziko wapi?

Sina, nilikuwa nazuga tu kuchangamsha kijiwe.
Ila articles ni mbovu kwakweli, seriously embarrassing.

 

[Balantanda]

Sina, nilikuwa nazuga tu kuchangamsha kijiwe.
Ila articles ni mbovu kwakweli, seriously embarrassing.

....Kazi kwelikweli

 

[Kitila Mkumbo]

PhD - An academic award granted for advanced study and original research in a specialist field, often the highest qualification in a given discipline.




Dude, how original is this?

- This is an MSc Project. Infact, a high school student can do this.

I wont bother reading the thesis, waste of time. There is still timber logging in Tanzania! This is what I call impractical reports. This thesis could have been done at the UDSM for the benefit of Tanzania. How has this benefitted the UK education system other than point to loopholes on how Africans can be further exploited?

Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!!

Nzoka...,

Either you are joking or you have no idea how PhDs are examined. A couple of educative points:

i) You cannot determine the originality of a PhD thesis on the basis of its title. I have all along wondered why you were insisting to know the title of Dr Shayo's thesis. Now I know you wanted to examine how original his PhD was on the basis of the title of the thesis!! My friend, I wish it were that simple, but you simply can't!!

ii) There are well established rigorous procedures to examine a PhD. You can't judge the authenticity of some body's PhD by simply reading his/her article posted on a discussion forum like this or Michuzi's. By concluding that Dr Shayo's PhD is doubtable, on the basis of the article he wrote for Michuzi's website and the title of his PhD thesis, you are insulting the examiners of his PhD, the University he attended and indeed, the academia in general. You have no authority to do this, and your malicious unshameful falacy is uncalled for and hence hereby scorned

iii) You could have criticised Dr Shayo's article without trying to undermine his PhD qualification, which was awarded by a competent authority. You have no authority whatsover to undermine and ridicule some body's academic qualification which has been awarded by a recognised competent authority.

iv) You seem to think and assume that if you have a PhD you know everything in your area. This is an arogant display of ignorance on your part. It is not true. A PhD is simply an academic qualification, and, though it is obviously higher in scope and depth than a Bachelor's and a Master's degree, does not make the holder a super knower, leave alone a perfect person!!

You should probably learn to criticise people's academic works in a civilised manner. You have obviously abused your use of anonymity in this forum to embarrass Dr Shayo. This is uncalled for and I hope you will refrain from doing the same in future.

Now to proceed with the discussion, hopeful with no more innuendos to Dr Shayo's academic qualification, can you please point out the flaws in his article?