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Dr. Andreas Meiszner

Pre- and Post Viva Series (1/6): What to expect, how to prepare, and how to act in the Viva

Saturday, 23rd January 2021 • Online

12:00 GMT • 12:00 UK time

Duration: 1h

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Overview

    From 23 January to 27 February the DoctorateHub is running a 6-week pre- and post-viva preparation series(check the program tab for details) consisting of webinars provided by experts and peer-driven Learning Cafes.

    The Viva is a make or break it point. It is the ultimate hurdle between you and finishing your doctorate and graduate.

    Questions many doctoral Viva candidates have include: What are examiners looking for?, How do I understand the motivations around their questions?, and What could be my‘Plan B’ be in case things don’t go as expected?

    And while a Viva fail happens on occasion, it is more likely to get out with either minor or major revisions. Depending on how the Viva went, a minor revision could take up the full 6 months allowed. Whereas, a major revision could either correspond with another 6 months of concerted work effort… or up to another 2 years of struggle(and potentially a slow, silent death of the doctorate journey).

    Therefore, in this first webinar of the series, the DoctorateHub will look in detail at how to prepare for the Viva, handle feedback in the Viva, and how to ensure this is as smooth-running and joyful an experience as possible. After all, it is the only time the focus will be solely on you and your expertise in your subject.

    To support you in understanding Viva preparation, we are running this free interactive webinar, starting at 12.00 noon GMT/ UK time on Saturday, 23 January 2021.

    To maximise the learning for participants, questions may be posted to the webinar discussion board after your registration. These will be addressed during the webinar.

Key Take-Aways

This webinar will assist doctoral students in:

  1. Understanding what the examiners are looking for.
  2. Understanding the motivations around their questions.
  3. Developing a‘Plan B’ in case that things don’t go as expected during the Viva examination.

Hosts
Dr. Andreas Meiszner

Since 2012, I have tutored, mentored and coached beyond 500 professional doctoral students (mid to seniors, aged 35 to 70) both with the University of Liverpool Management School’s Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) program (UK), and since 2016 also with DoctorateHub. This allowed me to understand how to tackle problems at scale, be it the tame, the complex, or the wicked.

500+ students also implies 500+ workplace-based problems which I had the chance to look at. And while working with such an array of problems allows for quite some learningit also has shown to me that very often it is quite exhaustive for such grown up and seasoned research novices. In response to this, we thus decided to set up the DoctorateHub, so to provide training, mentoring, and coaching services to all those that struggle to get their workplace-based issues identified, analysed, understood, written up in a thesis, and ultimately resolved. 

I am also one of the DoctorateHub’s Co-founders with a particular focus on strategic development and building up of the various DoctorateHub support services that we provide. 

With this I am looking forward to work with you, wherever you are in your doctoral research journey.

Research methods and tools
Data collection techniques
Doctoral journey

This webinar is relevant to the following journey stage(s).

Viva Preparation
  • How it works

    At DoctortaHub, we have a series of webinars that focus on various aspects of the doctoral research journey.

    Our webinars are hosted by vested thesis supervisors and subject matter experts from within the DoctorateHub community or by invited expert speakers. Want to host a webinar yourself?

    We always look for new webinar subjects and invite you to host a webinar of your subject of choice.

  • Access the recording and slide deck

    All of our webinars are recorded and made available for replay at a time convenient for you together with the webinar slide decks. This allows you to work through the webinar topics at your own pace and at any time. To access the recordings, go to the webinar of your choice.

  • Engage in the discussion

    Each webinar includes a dedicated discussion space for any follow-up questions or to ask the presenter clarification questions.

    Please contact us if you are interested in a particular topic that has not yet been covered.

    Drop us a note and a member of our team will contact you.

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Pre- and Post Viva Series (1/6): What to expect, how to prepare, and how to act in the Viva

Saturday, 23rd January 2021

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