by Chris Hill | Feb 19, 2018 | PGR Experience, Viva stories
Hi Jerome, congratulations on passing your viva! How does it feel?! Good! It really did feel like the final but also biggest hurdle, and I’m glad to have got through it. What was your PhD title? Hyperlocal community media audiences: An ethnographic study of local social media spaces and their place in everyday life Can […]
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by Chris Hill | Jan 8, 2018 | PGR Experience, Viva stories
Hi Karen, congratulations on passing your viva! How does it feel?! Great! It took about a week to sink in, people calling me ‘Dr’ helped but it was a strange moment when I was told I had passed. For 3 years the viva was this big scary thing that I was dreading, but in the […]
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by Chris Hill | Dec 14, 2017 | PGR Experience, Viva stories
Hi Gregory, congratulations on passing your viva! How does it feel?! Thank you, it feels lovely. Even though I have work (minor amendments) to complete, it’s great to have gotten this far and fulfilled the promise that I made to my family, friends and to myself. What was your PhD title? Touching Topography: Negotiating […]
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by Jacqueline Taylor | Sep 13, 2017 | News, Viva stories
Hi Rachel-Ann, congratulations on passing your viva! How does it feel?! Thank you, it feels dreamlike to be honest and I know that sounds so cliché… But the momentum of it all, the pace, the energy, the excitement and everything that came with the Viva… I feel like it was not anything that anyone could describe to […]
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by Jacqueline Taylor | Jun 26, 2017 | News, Viva stories
Hi Simon, congratulations on passing your viva! How does it feel?! A real mixture of emotions: happiness and elation of course, but also a strange mix of anti-climax, sadness and “what on earth do I do now?” What was your PhD title? Cloud Triptych: an exploration of stochastic movement between discrete musical behaviours. […]
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by Jacqueline Taylor | Jun 5, 2017 | News, Viva stories
Hi Rommany, congratulations on passing your viva! How does it feel?! It’s a great feeling – although part of me can’t quite believe it has happened. I did my PhD part-time so it has been a long time coming. What was your PhD title? The origin and role of sospiro (sigh) in the poetry […]
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