Daily viva help for PhDs
Every building has multiple blueprints or plans. On one plan are the walls, but another diagram shows where pipes and cables go. If you compare building plans for different buildings you’ll notice similarities and differences, but look closer and you’ll...
A map can show you all of an area, but to use it well you need either a compass or to have sight of some landmarks. The map won’t show every detail, but can show things that you can’t otherwise...
Regulations can give you the general shape of the viva, the broad understanding of the process. Stories shape big expectations, and the stories of your friends and colleagues can help you see the norms, the common practices in your department....
In the UK, wanting to be a PhD means needing to have a viva. A lot could be done to help postgraduate researchers be prepared for the viva – even from the early stages of the PhD – if we...
It’ll take time to figure out what vivas look like now. Old, settled norms of “vivas are about this long” or “vivas have this kind of structure” will be in flux a little. Examiners will have to tweak their approaches,...