People Like You

People like us do things like this.

Seth Godin‘s definition of culture is useful to reflect on when unpicking expectations for the viva. How long are they? How do they start? What happens?

Regulations tell you some of the details, but the rest comes from looking at what examiners do because of how they are trained, their experience and also the practices of their department or discipline.

People like us do things like this.

What do you do? What do people like you do? What does the culture say about the kinds of things that a postgraduate researcher does?

• Postgraduate researchers do things like becoming more skilled and knowledgeable.
• Postgraduate researchers do things like showing determination.
• Postgraduate researchers do things like getting ready for the viva.
• Postgraduate researchers do things like passing the viva.
• Postgraduate researchers do things like making a difference.

So what will you do? And what could you help your community – your us – do as you and they get ready for their viva?