Viva Descriptors
What do you expect from your viva?
- Long or short?
- Tough or easy?
- Opening questions or presentation?
- In-person or online?
- Morning or afternoon?
- Examiners-only or observers-present?
- Minor corrections, none or major?
There are lots of little descriptors you might attach to your viva. Some you’ll know before your viva and some you can reasonably expect. Some don’t make much of a difference and some can help or hinder depending on your circumstances.
What expectations matter to you? And what do you need to know more about to feel happy ahead of your viva?