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Key Questions To Ask When Implementing a Viva

May 18, 2026

Implementing an Oral Exam or Viva

Many universities assess postgraduate studies in writing and orally. These materials will help anybody responsible for such implementation. The "Questions to ask" series draws from literature

March 20, 2024

The Viva (Oral Defence)

This series of videos emerges from the Enabling Quality Postgraduate Education project, which brings together Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Directors of Research, Directors of Postgraduate Studies, and

Philosophy

The EPE project takes as its philosophical underpinning the need for social justice by focusing on the issue of who gets access to the postgraduate environment, what knowledge is included or excluded, and what levels of quality are enabled. The project endeavours to move beyond the notion of generic best practice in postgraduate education by taking institutional and disciplinary differentiation seriously into account. The project works across geographical contexts by bringing together colleagues from five countries to develop opportunities that challenge the human capital model and commodification of postgraduate education.

Implementing an Oral Exam or Viva

The Viva (Oral Defence)

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