What you MUST KNOW about your PhD VIVA VOCE or PhD DEFENCE | E22

Published 2023-02-24
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00:00 INTRODUCTION
01:29 PREPARATION BEFORE THE VIVA
08:40 GENERALS QUESTIONS
12:13 SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
15:31 HINTS & COACHING TIPS

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All Comments (21)
  • Thanks a lot for posting this. You have touched upon various aspects of the Viva in a very informative and useful manner. I have exactly 2 more weeks for my Viva and this helped me a lot. Thank you :)
  • @fortuneall
    Succinct! Great navigation towards a successful viva voce. Thanks for sharing 👍🏽
  • @jamalnuman
    Thank you for the very informative content. It would be great if your time allows to explain the following two queries: - When the following terms are synonyms and when are they distinct? 1) Purpose, aim 2) Objective, goals, scope, 3) Justification, motivation, importance 4) Problem statement, gap, rationale, hypothesis 5) Problem, issue, challenge, obstacle, 6) Drawback, pitfall, drawbacks, shortcomings, disadvantages, cons, limitations, weaknesses, 7) Contribution, significance, novelty, originality, innovation 8) Theoretical framework, conceptual framework, study framework, study flowchart, etc. 9) Thesis\dissertation 10) Preface, background, overview, context, executive summary, 11) Conclusion, summary, etc. - What is the most common sequence of sections in the the dissertation\thesis structure in the introduction chapter? 1) Overview (context\preface\etc.) 2) Problem statement 3) Aim 4) Objective 5) Questions 6) Scope 7) Contribution 8) Thesis structure
  • @maryamk2398
    Thanks, Konstantinos, for sharing those tips.