u/Background_Goal_8161

So i am examining a thesis (as internal) in the next few weeks, and just sat down with it. This is not my first one; i have been internal, external and chair for plenty (i'm in health sciences). It's pretty solid lab work.

However, one of the chapters is word for word publication (they have noted this, provided the doi etc), and the candidate is not first author, nor corresponding (and also in the paper, did not write the original draft).

There are plenty of other chapters in the thesis so i think there is enough pass without this chapter - but is it me, or is it a bit weird to put it in?