My viva was similar to those already descirbed, very specific to my thesis. This was the external's first PhD viva and he seemed to get a bit carried away, it lasted 4 hours, after 3 of which we were only half way through the thesis! In general, questions were straight forward and the examiners offered a lot of useful explanation and advice on areas they felt where the thesis was weak. I genuinely learnt alot from this experience. Passed with minor corrections, into the home straight !

Finish my thesis! 28 days until the end of registation....

My department pays me for contact time only

1 journal publication and 1 conference paper

Nice one cc! Verdy, I'm in the same boat, hoping to submit in December. Good luck

It is worth checking with your registry if your university has a prescribed form for the physical arrangement of theses. Mine does not but we have a 'recommended' format: front cover, Title page ; abstract, acknowledgements etc. If we stray from this the sups tend to have a good moan!