What does this degree from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art mean?
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Latter_Zucchini_7179@reddit
A British institution would not spell honourary wrong hahahahaha. The British spelling would 100% be on there, not the fucking American spelling. What fucktard made this. If you’re going to be a scam artist, don’t be a retarded one
cgknight1@reddit
Fake - if it was an honorary award - what thesis.
Acceptable-Trainer15@reddit (OP)
This is allegedly the name of the thesis: “The adaptation of the traditional theatrical art of southeast asian countries with modern living conditions of the audience in the 21st century”.
Couldn’t find it anywhere though.
Wormella@reddit
Could they have done a phd elsewhere and RADA have just recognised the accomplishment with this certificate.
When I worked at a university it's wasn't unusual too have awards gained elsewhere celebrated
Acceptable-Trainer15@reddit (OP)
Yes, this is a possibility as well. I’m just wondering, if that is the case then she should be able to produce another certificate for her actual PhD degree right?
Unless she didn’t actually graduate that PhD degree. May be she did a thesis, didn’t successfully defend it, however RADA still award her the honorary certificate for the effort and perhaps the lifetime achievement (she is a very accomplished artist, perhaps the most well recognized in her field in Vietnam).
Just a question, does RADA confer honorary degree with financial contribution? Her husband at the time was allegedly a billionaire.
Lammtarra95@reddit
Or recognition of a joint award from RADA and some other university which awarded the PhD for research done mainly or partly at RADA. This sort of thing is still seen from time to time: study at X for degree awarded by Y.
auguxtin@reddit
Look even more closely. Nowhere is a degree, even honorary, mentioned. Diplomas tend to state in clear terms the exact type of degree awarded. If real, this is simply a certificate of recognition of a doctoral thesis that she might have written; whether or not her thesis was written at this instution, or even fufilled the requirements to earn a degree (which would earn her an actual diploma), remains to be proven.
sk6895@reddit
It’s a fake. RADA does not issue degrees, honorary or otherwise. And it certainly does not offer any form of doctorate.
another_online_idiot@reddit
Has anyone asked RADA if they have any record of this Honorary Degree being granted?
Entire-Archer-2495@reddit
This looks fake. RADA doesn’t have degree awarding powers, so couldn’t even issue an honorary degree. It only started offering higher education in 2001 through the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama and the validated degrees via Birkbeck and most currently KCL. Before 2001 all of its provision was vocational, not degree level.
MrPogoUK@reddit
They give out honorary awards/titles, but doctorate doesn’t appear to be one, so I’m leaning towards fake, but that’s just based on 5 minutes of Google searching and that wouldn’t necessarily pick up what they were doing in 1995.
messyfull@reddit
RADA doesn't appear to offer PhD courses. Not sure what this degree is even declaring
BriefAmphibian7925@reddit
Looks like it's an honorary doctorate.
Prestigious but, in general, honorary degrees are not considered the same as real academic degrees for things like job applications.
I don't understand that bit either. But if you need to evaluate her you should be able to contact RADA and ask - they should have a contact for verifying qualifications, etc.
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