The Viva preparation course will prepare doctoral students for their final Viva. The course will allow you to understand the strengths and weaknesses of your work, and to prepare to discuss both.
The Viva Preparation course is designed to help you prepare to engage in critical reflection and familiarize yourself on how to interpret and respond to critics within an academic discourse in readiness for your Viva. The course will allow you to understand the strengths and weaknesses of your work, and prepare to discuss both. To provide a truly authentic Viva experience each Task includes a 45-minute oral presentation and discussion exercise.
The Viva is an oral examination that consists of a highly critical and stimulating discourse across two examiners and the doctoral candidate. The Viva Preparation course works through the various areas you, as a doctoral student, can expect to be covered in the Viva. Areas such as scene setting and introduction of the research, literature review, methodology, data collection and findings, analysis and evaluation, presentation of the results, along with the actionability of the research and why it mattered. The course closes with a final elevator pitch style full presentation of the research project to demonstrate and apply the learnings from the previous tasks.
The Viva Preparation course fosters both reflections-in-action and on-action. Reflections-in-action will be promoted through the oral presentation and discussion. To further nurture reflections-on-action each video-call is recorded, and participants are asked to transcribe the recording to once again look at the questions, their answers, and the feedback and tips received. Based on these transcripts, participants are then asked to write up possible ways to act on the feedback and tips received, and subsequently commented by the course tutor.
The Viva Preparation course is rich in double-loop feedback and therefore ideal in your preparation for your final acid test, the Viva itself.
By the end of the course you will:
Research methods and tools covered or trained in the course:
Data collection techniques covered or trained in the course:
Course is suitable for the following doctoral journey steps:
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Self-paced
Self-study with peer support. We provide the structure, you focus on your thesis research.
Ideal for those who prefer to advance on their own schedule or who are on a budget.
Duration: “As long as it takes you“
Learning at your own pace, in your own time.
No tuition fee
Dedicated coach
Fully supported by a DoctorateHub coach dedicated to the course topic.
Ideal for those who prefer tight guidance to progress through their research and thesis development.
Start “Whenever you want“
Courses are 8 or 12 weeks long.
Detailed information is available in the course detail view.
Tuition fee
Club Support
Join one of our Clubs to get started.
Ideal for those who have unpredictable agendas, or that just need some orientation.
Duration: “As long as it takes you“
Learn at your own pace in a peer environment, with optional Pro and Pro light support subscriptions.
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Schedule video-orientation call
Good for: One video-orientation call to discuss a task or assignment and to understand how to take your research further.
1 BC
Get written orientation feedback
Good for: One-time written feedback on a course task assignment of around 2.500 words in length.
1 BC
Get one Research Mentoring month
Good for: One Research Mentoring month with written feedback and video-orientation calls.
12 BC
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