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Musings on the viva experience

On 11th Aug 202018th Nov 2020 By alisonlawson68In PhD5 Comments

The word ‘viva’, short for ‘viva voce’ meaning oral examination (not the type you have at the dentist) can strike fear into research students. The viva at the end of PhD study is the final reckoning. The research and the thesis have got you to this point. It is here in this exam, in probably …

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Musings on research supervision

On 4th Jul 202010th Oct 2020 By alisonlawson68In PhD4 Comments

I have supervised many dissertations at undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as supervising PhDs. Some are a breeze, some are a struggle and 90% are in the middle somewhere. The first stumbling block for me is the student’s choice of topic. Sometimes the proposed title is surprising, intriguing, exciting or off the wall. But …

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