Preparing for Your Viva: Successful Strategies for Planning & Performance
Thursday 28 March | 1030 – 1700 | Central London
Have you submitted your thesis, or are you close to completion? This one-day workshop is designed to guide you through the process of preparing for your viva and giving your best possible performance on the day.
Through activities, discussion, and short training sessions, you’ll learn lots of techniques for successfully defending your thesis. We’ll also stage some mock vivas to get you used to the format in a supportive environment.
By the end of the session you’ll have:
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An understanding of the purpose and format of a viva
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Techniques for preparing your research material
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Sample viva questions to practice
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Experience of a mock viva
About the workshop facilitator
Dr Catherine Pope is an experienced coach and workshop facilitator. Since completing her PhD in 2014, Catherine has worked with thousands of researchers and writers to help them achieve their goals. She runs workshops and writing retreats at many universities, including Sussex, Birkbeck, Canterbury Christ Church, Portsmouth, and Surrey. Catherine has also published books in her field of Victorian literature and on technology. She divides her time between the 19th and 21st centuries.
Outline
10.00-10.30 Welcome & Introductions
10.30-11.00 What are you concerns about the viva?
11.00-11.30 What is a viva & how do I prepare?
11.30-11.45 TEA BREAK
11.45-13.00 Preparing for examiners’ questions
13.00-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-14.30 Mock Viva I
14.30-15.15 Answering Strategies
15.15-15.30 TEA BREAK
15.30-16.15 Mock Viva II
16.15-16.45 Performance Tips; Summary; Finish
Terms and conditions
By registering below you are requesting a place on this training programme or selected sessions that form part of the programme. A member of the CHASE team or the workshop leader will contact you in due course to confirm that a place has been allocated to you. If you no longer require a place, please email enquiries@chase.ac.uk as soon as possible so your name can be removed from the registration list.
If you are allocated a place but can no longer attend, please email enquiries@chase.ac.uk so that your place can be reallocated. CHASE training is free to attend and events are often oversubscribed with a waiting list. Failure to notify us of non-attendance in good time (ideally 5 days prior to the workshop/programme) means your place cannot be reallocated and may result in your access to future CHASE training being restricted.