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Target Audience: All staff with a role in PG Research Supervision
This session is designed to complement the training offered to Viva candidates at Strathclyde, and to offer some tools and approaches that will support academic staff in preparing to be an examiner or convenor in a Strathclyde viva. The workshop brings together a panel of experienced examiners from across the university to share experiences of convening and examining Vivas, and allow participants to share and answer questions and concerns related to the process.
The Viva is the culmination of many years of dedicated research into which the candidate has poured (usually, anyway) a good deal of effort, motivation and determination, and that has encompassed highs and lows that tested their intellectual and personal resilience. Convening and examining in a viva may present a number of anxieties and challenges. How can you engage with this process to ensure the experience is appropriately challenging, constructive and positive, and that the necessary procedures are adhered to?
This session is designed to complement the training offered to Viva candidates at Strathclyde, and to offer some tools and approaches that will support academic staff in preparing to be an examiner or convenor in a Strathclyde viva. The workshop brings together a panel of experienced examiners from across the university to share experiences of convening and examining vivas, and allow participants to share and answer questions and concerns related to the process. This workshop can be used as a ‘Academic Writing & the Viva Voce Exam’ option towards the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme.
By the end of the workshop, you will have:
- Explored the Viva process at Strathclyde and its outcomes
- Explored the roles of convenor and examiner and the Strathclyde policy that supports and guides you in the viva process
- Discussed convenor and examiner experiences with those experienced in the role and had an opportunity to contextualise this discussion to your own discipline and experiences
- Discussed your own concerns and questions
** This is an optional module of the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme (see link to webpage below) **
Delivered By: Katy Savage, OSDU