In UK there are 4 ways to get a PhD (according to this website) and only one of them is the traditional PhD program.
Here is a discussion on independents PhDs. People are disagreeing on weather it is possible to do a PhD with out a supervisor, pointing towards different practices in different countries.
Several people claim that “The PhD process is about learning, not just publishing.”, but my impression is that this is a very modern idea. A PhD used to be about proving your capability, not monitoring your learning process.
I did some googling.
In UK there are 4 ways to get a PhD (according to this website) and only one of them is the traditional PhD program.
Here is a discussion on independents PhDs. People are disagreeing on weather it is possible to do a PhD with out a supervisor, pointing towards different practices in different countries.
Several people claim that “The PhD process is about learning, not just publishing.”, but my impression is that this is a very modern idea. A PhD used to be about proving your capability, not monitoring your learning process.