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That's really not the case here in the UK, I know several people who failed their vivas and had to make substantial changes to their thesis. It's not common, be
by physicsguy 5y ago
That's really not the case here in the UK, I know several people who failed their vivas and had to make substantial changes to their thesis. It's not common, because there are intermediate level mini-theses and vivas, and people who do badly in those often don't finish at all, but it does happen.
- conjectures 5y agoYes, in UK mine was terrifying. In all likelihood candidate would get destroyed trying that tactic.
- shatnersbassoon 5y agoMy supervisor had a student who apparently just said "no" as her answer to each critique, 38 times. She got the level of fail which is "never ever come back" - which apparently does exist.
- nicioan 5y agoI second that statement. I know at least two people who failed their viva in the UK and ended up getting an MPhil instead of a PhD. In both cases the candidates were told by their advisor not to go with the defense but they decided to go for it anyway. I know several more that got “major corrections„ which meant a lot of extra work and another review six months later. edit: typo