Griffith University breaks the PhD Confirmation process up into 3 big stages described as follows:
[Stage 1] Write up a confirmation report
This is a kind of a research proposal with 8000~10000 words. Basically this has to be completed within 12 months of your commencement. Make copies to give the research committee, including an external examiner and supervisors. It must be submitted 4 weeks prior to your confirmation seminar date. The research committee members are like the Mafia: they have no name and no one has ever seen them, but they apparently know all possible research topics. You must be really confident and make sure whether any stupid punctual and grammatical errors are wiped out of your final draft.
[Stage 2] Prepare presentation slides
Each candidature is given a oral presentation time for 20~30 minutes. Most of PhD students use MS PowerPoint. Print for the presentation. Fewer number of slides is better. Do not forget to print these slides to give your audience. Never make them pretty.
[Stage 3] Show Time - PhD Defence -
Organise your confirmation seminar. Check the venue and your gear. It is a key to have a good marketing and promotion strategy before the Defence. Do not forget to invite your friends and supportive colleagues. You must feel like that you are standing alone on the Antarctica, otherwise. Some people seem being as cold as ice. Do not need to entertain them, just hang there.
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