Viva Preparation Checklist
Viva · PDF template
Know Your Thesis Cold
Summarise your study in 2 minutes.
State your contribution in one sentence.
Explain every methodological choice.
Anticipate Questions
Why this topic / gap?
Why this methodology and not alternatives?
What are the limitations?
How would you extend this research?
Defend the Details
Justify your sample size and sampling.
Interpret your key results and effect sizes.
Relate findings back to the literature.
Logistics
Printed/annotated copy of the thesis.
List of corrections you already noticed.
Practise a mock viva out loud.
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