This video contains some frequently asked viva questions that the contributors ask when they are acting as an Internal/External examiner. Please note these questions may not come up in your viva examination, they are not a definitive list of viva questions.
This video contains advice from current PGR supervisors drawing on their experiences of appointing examination teams for their PGRs for their viva examinations. Please note that you may not have as much involvement in choosing your examiners as some of the people in the video, but you should be consulted. Please raise this with your supervision team when you are preparing draft chapters of your thesis.
This video contains real life experiences of current PGR supervisors who have also acted as an internal/external research degree examiner. The commentary should dispel any myths you may have heard about the Viva examination.
The research students that took part in our project told us that one of their main problems when preparing for their viva examination had been the amount of time spent searching online for useful websites and videos, and that having one website linking to as many resources as possible would be beneficial.
Alongside the videos we have produced this comprehensive guide with useful websites and other resources to further help with your viva preparation.
The viva guide includes:
- links to other useful websites
- a 30-day countdown calendar