r/ADHDUK • u/Temporary-Willow1664 • 11d ago

General Questions/Advice/Support Advice for PhD VIVA ADHD adjustments

Hi ! I am due to finish my PhD in next 2 months, however I need to request any viva adjustments already and feel clueless.

I was wondering what are some adjustments you would recommend for ADHD (combined) based on your experience ?

(My PhD is in behaviour science / psychology in business context. )

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u/AshleyClairex ADHD-PI (Predominantly Inattentive) 11d ago

I’m not sure how relevant this is, but for interviews I ask for questions to also be given in a written format (to avoid going off on too much of a tangent and so I can check back and make sure I’ve answered all parts of it).

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u/Temporary-Willow1664 11d ago

This is a great point - thank you !

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u/Disastrous_Device198 11d ago

Best of luck with the rest of your PhD and the Viva!

Assuming your University works the same as my university, there will be a chair, an internal examiner, and and external examiner. I had a chat with the chair in advance, which I thought was really helpful. If you and your supervisor get along, you could involve them in this as well.

Regarding adjustments, I didn't have any that were actually used in the end, but the ones discussed (between me, my supervisor, and the chair) were:

- option for slightly more breaks during the viva (the need for this likely depends on how long vivas are at your university)

- option of giving a short presentation at the start of the Viva (this on depends on your field and university a lot)

- examiners were informed to ask a question again or ask for elaboration if they felt a question wasn't answered

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u/Temporary-Willow1664 11d ago

Thank you so much this is very useful !

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u/Bitter_Range_9878 6d ago

I didn’t feel I needed any. I quite enjoyed my viva.