Research intelligence: how to prepare for a doctoral viva

Pam Denicolo, Dawn Duke and Julie Reeves answer some of the most common questions preoccupying doctoral candidates about the biggest day of their career to date

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April 18, 2019

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June 10, 2019

Pam Denicolo, Dawn Duke Julie Reeves

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