Edited by John Jamieson, Saturday, 23 May 2015, 10:25
On the 18th March 2015, I experienced my first ever viva, and probably my last! Spent over an hour with an external and internal examiner at Newcastle University who had been examining my thesis called "A 'critical' insider's story of self-harm".
They eventually asked me to leave them alone and to return in about half an hour. I was eventually congratulated and told that I had passed with minor amendments that had to be completed within a month.
These amendments have now been made and accepted and I've been awarded the DEdPsy (Doctorate in Educational Psychology).
I wonder if I would have found the whole thing as pleasant if I had failed?
Viva
On the 18th March 2015, I experienced my first ever viva, and probably my last! Spent over an hour with an external and internal examiner at Newcastle University who had been examining my thesis called "A 'critical' insider's story of self-harm".
They eventually asked me to leave them alone and to return in about half an hour. I was eventually congratulated and told that I had passed with minor amendments that had to be completed within a month.
These amendments have now been made and accepted and I've been awarded the DEdPsy (Doctorate in Educational Psychology).
I wonder if I would have found the whole thing as pleasant if I had failed?