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Yesterday I had the honour of conducting my 70th PhD examination, so-called viva voce.  The first one was at the University of Durham in 2004, and this latest one is at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium on May 21st.  Most viva have been as an external examiner with only ten were conducted as internal examiner at the University of Aberdeen and Bournemouth University.   As expected, most viva voce were held at UK universities, but four each were in Finland and Nepal, three in Australia, two each in Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland, one each in New Zealand and Denmark.  Also, the overwhelming majority candidates passed, but, disappointingly, not all.

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Centre for Midwifery & Women’s Health