A new post has been published on the blog: Preparing for your Viva.

The blog posts are written by students who have recently received their doctorates after successfully defending their theses at their viva examinations. They discuss their experiences of the viva, and give valuable advice on how PGR students can prepare.

Resilience in Research: Batting viva preparation amidst baby bottles and war

In this new blog post, Dr Yasmine Ezzeddine shares her experience of preparing for her viva examination as a first-time mother, whilst also being affected by the ongoing conflict in her home country.

You can read Yasmine's blog post here.

Yasmine Ezzeddine is an experienced researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry and on multi-national projects. Skilled in areas of Criminal Intelligence, Forensic Sciences, Research Management, Security and Policing, and Ethical AI coupled to advanced multi-lingual abilities.

Currently, she is a Lecturer in Policing at the Institute of Policing at Staffordshire University, she also works as an Associate Lecturer for the Department of Computing and recently obtained her PhD in Artificial Intelligence use by Law Enforcement from Sheffield Hallam University (2025), preceded with a Master of Science (MSc) in Crime Science, Investigation and Intelligence from University of Portsmouth (2017).