My Viva Experience: Preparation and Practice

Having recently gone through my PhD viva (outcome – Minor corrections), I want to share my preparation, practice, and the mindset that helped me approach this significant day with confidence and resilience. Practice played a vital role in my preparation. I began with three presentations over a week, sharing my thesis with the LANTERN community. These sessions helped me transition […]

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Preparing for viva – Khwanita style

I passed my viva voce (a PhD oral exam, aka thesis/dissertation defense) with minor corrections in July and celebrated my graduation three days afterward (by wearing a proper robe and funny hat and taking pictures with my colleagues and friends). Now that the result of my degree has been published, I think it’s time to share with you some aspects […]

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Important information on word count for the thesis

Word Length – Latest Faculty Guidance Students must not make requests for extensions to the thesis word limit justified on the basis of the student doing interdisciplinary research (and thus having to address literature and debates across disciplines), and/or doing qualitative methods. The use of both is common in the Humanities, and themselves not justification for an increase in word […]

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