Today, I have the pleasure of inviting Dr. Ben Purvis to share his defense experience with us. Dr. Ben Purvis is currently a research associate at the School of Architecture…
Today, I have the pleasure of inviting Ipek Saralar-Aras to share her experience in the PhD Defense. Ipek is a qualified mathematics teacher who works on designing lessons to improve…
Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Yvonne Tse Crepaldi, who shares her insights from the PhD defense. Yvonne Tse Crepaldi obtained her PhD in Linguistics 2017 from Nanyang Technological…
Today, I have the pleasure of inviting Dr. Ayesha Kamal to share the story of her PhD defense. Ayesha earned her PhD in Applied Linguistics in 2012 and wrote her…
Today, I have invited Dr. Alison Edwards to discuss her experience at her viva. Alison is originally from Australia but has lived in Europe since 2005. She is now based…
Felicity Bright is a rehabilitation researcher and lecturer at AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand. Her professional background is in speech-language therapy. She recently defended her PhD, entitled “Reconceptualising engagement:…
Today, I am hosting the experience of Erin Dyer Saxon in the "Defenses around the world" series. Erin is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for Peace Studies…
Today, I have invited Kath Atkinson to discuss her viva in a guest post. Kath recently completed a Doctor of Social Sciences (DSocSci) at the University of Leicester in the…
Today, Syed Anas Imtiaz from Imperial College talks about his viva at Imperial College for the "Defenses around the world" series. Anas is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of…
Sometimes, doctoral candidates are taken aback when during their doctoral defense, a committee member asks a surprisingly easy question. There are, however, various reasons why a committee member may be…
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