Thank you! :)

It went great! Passed with (very) minor corrections. Just typos etc. The examiners were really friendly, they said they enjoyed my thesis and the viva was only an hour and a half! I was quite surprised obviously! Thank you satchi and bewildered for your advice. Moral of the story, don't pay any attention to your supervisor.... haha.

Thanks for your advice bewildered. I agree that is probably what he is trying to do and I am just trying to get as prepared as possible. I assumed it was going to be tough anyway because it's a PhD viva! :) Unfortunately his criticism often lacks constructiveness which can get you down after 4 years!
I was pleased with my thesis when I submitted it considering I had to write it while working full time, but I am just confused as to why he would wait until after I submitted to flag any problems when there was time before that I could have done something about it.
Ah well, we shall see what happens. x

Hi everyone,

My viva is coming up in a couple of weeks, but my supervisor has been extremely negative about my write-up since I submitted.
He says it is too short and there is not a clear overall message. He also berated me for not getting my chapters to him quickly enough (to be fair it took me a month at a time but I was applying for jobs/working full-time simultaneously). However he has said that I have sufficient results to be awarded a PhD, it's just the write-up that's the problem.
Its completely terrified and demotivated me (which I shouldn't be surprised by because he has been awful to work for), but was wondering if anyone else has been in this situation, and if they did end up passing in the end?
Or any tips on how to defend a short thesis!?

Thanks x