ANU introduced an oral exam component to the thesis examination process in July 2024. Candidates enrolled before this date can take an oral exam as an option.

Come along to this interactive workshop to find out what is involved in an oral examination and how to prepare for it.

We will cover:

How an oral exam is organised and run at ANU

What to expect on the day

How to prepare and practice

This session is run by Prof Inger Mewburn in collaboration with experts from ANU Researcher Development and the Graduate Research Office. We have watched people doing orals exams at ANU and drawn on the extensive literature on success in PhD Vivas to develop this session. We will concentrate on revising your dissertation and preparing for questioning, as well as the presentation itself.

Format: Note there are two attendance options, in person or online. Select the ticket type of the option you prefer.

Facilitator: Professor Inger Mewburn is the Director of Researcher Development at The Australian National University, but she is better known as @Thesiswhisperer on the internet. Aside from running workshops for ANU researchers, she creates new posts on the Thesis Whisperer blog, writes scholarly papers and authors books about research education. She has special interests in post PhD employability, research communications and neurodivergence.

Questions about this session can be directed to inger.mewburn@anu.edu.au