Preparing for your viva: A guide for doctoral candidates

Gill Houston

Past Chair, UK Council for Graduate Education

Ingrid Lunt

Professor Emerita, Department of Education, University of Oxford

Surviving the viva depends fundamentally on preparation and students’ ability to demystify the examination procedure’ 
Burnham, P (1994). Surviving the viva: unravelling the mystery of the PhD oral. Journal of Graduate Education, p.34
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