Hi

Anyone had an experience of this?

One of my good friends did, earlier on this year. He said it worked really well. His examiner was from New Zealand (we're in the UK) and the uni wouldn't fund for her to come over. So the video link was set up.

It had to start around 7pm to facilitate the time difference, and there as a slight delay in conversations, but otherwise it worked really well for him and he passed.

I had the option of this, but decided to choose a local examiner and stick with the traditional viva process, as I was more familiar with this, having seen others and knowing what to expect.

If you do decide to opt for the video conference route, make sure you are fully aware of how everything works and leave nothing to chance, like finding out the firewall has not been opened, etc.

I would do everything possible to make things go to plan on your big day.