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Clutter

The viva is not the end of your PhD

PhDs are hard. Really hard. They take a big chunk of time and energy out of your life, and you end up with a big book full of words, and hopefully, a Doctorate. However, a Doctorate is by no means guaranteed. You slog away for years with a varying amount Read more…

By Michelle Reeve, 4 years ago
Clutter

What happened in my PhD viva – a tale of nerves

So, the first post of Clutter. What shall I write about? Something cheery? That would be ideal. But I’d instead like to write about my PhD viva. ‘Viva’ is actually an antonym for ‘cheery’, in case you didn’t know (note: untrue, but feels like it should be true). My PhD Read more…

By Michelle Reeve, 4 years ago
ErrantWritings

How to survive a PhD viva: a terrible guide no one should follow…

I have at one time or another, been on every side of a PhD viva. In about 4 months time I’ll be in another one, watching one of my students hopefully produce a vigorous defence of his thesis. Which is good because I’ve read the thesis and it certainly needs Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 4 years2 years ago
ErrantWritings

Viva day

So, last week I had my viva, where I presented my thesis on “Fibre-optics sensors with molecule coatings”. It was, if you can believe it, quite good fun and I thought it might be helpful to share a blow-by-blow account of how it went. So below is as detailed an Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 8 years2 years ago

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