Hi over1234,

Thank you so much.
I text you via inbox. Do you receive it?

Over1234: Your experience is just similar to mine. Can I inbox you and ask for your recommendation on some points?
Tru: Thank you so much for the information. I have searched that. Do they only offer online meetings?

Thank you for sharing your experience Tru. It is really helpful. I can learn a lot from your case. You are really lucky to win the case and I hope I will be lucky too. Do you have any ideas about which factors caused people to fail or win the appeal? If you have any interesting cases, please kindly advise, I want to study.

Thank you so much tru, Over 1234 and azhan for your recommendation.

I am reading the post by faded07. I already told my supervisors on the exam date that I wanted them to support me because I felt like the examiners were bias. One of them is willing to support me for the appeal. I am going to have a meeting with my school and student union this week to listen their opinions if they want to support me. Because my case is about ideological bias which the advisors at the student union do not have much experience on. I am not sure if they can support me. I am aware that the people at my VIVA know each other and they may be considerate the external examiner who is the senior in my field. I think this is a reason that one of my supervisors does not support me and wants me to accept the examiners' decision; thus, she has suggested me to do the correction in order to get an MPhil. I am thinking if it is possible to ask for the independent committees who are not in my research centre or in my field as it may create a bias to accept my case. Would you please give me some idea?

Hi Azhan,

My area is in business management. Would you please give me some idea why it is not successful?

I have had such a terrible experience in my PhD journey and would like to receive your recommendation.

I had the first VIVA in December 2018 and I was given major correction. I was really upset because I received good feedback from attending the workshops and conferences. I found a friend who studied in another country and got the same external examiner, he said that this examiner was so tough and was not friendly to him as well.

After that I seek more knowledge to improve my PhD. I discussed all the concerns with the experts in the fields. I have spent time more than 2 years (extending from 18 months) to do the corrections and resubmit my thesis regarding their recommendation. I also provided the examiners with a separate document explaining all of my correction. In December 2021 the examiners asked for another VIVA exam. I had mock-VIVA with my colleagues and my supervisors 4 times, and everything went well. Unfortunate, it appears to see that my VIVA was completely different from the practicing. The examiners attacked me several issues e.g. the literature review, methodology and theory instead of my correction. Some of the new issues were arisen during the VIVA instead of going through the revisions. I am also still not clear what is wrong with my research why they did not pass me because I followed everything which is the common practices. One of them only said that he disagreed with my approach. The examiners did not provide me any constructive feedback. I think they prefer a particular approach. Currently I am waiting for the formal report.

They said they will give me MPhil instead of the PhD if I make a correction within 3 months. Mainly they asked me to remove the theory and resubmit it. This offer shows that they do not want me to receive even the MPhil because I have to revise the whole thesis and even re-analyse the data which will take a longer time than the given deadline.

I am so exhausted with my PhD. I feel like the only few examiners have ruined my future career. I am going to appeal in a case that there are actual bias or unfair conduct of the assessment. I want to have a set of examiners.

Therefore, I want to receive your recommendation if there is any possibility to win the case. Also, how should I make my appeal convincing? If you have any other recommendation, please feel free to share your idea.

I thank you so much for reading this and your time. Any feedback would be very much appreciated.