Viva Reminders

You’re not expected to simply remember everything in your viva. Photographic recall is not a requirement, and there are lots of useful reminders you can use:

• Use Post-it Notes to mark the start of chapters or important sections.
• Write a list of important references.
• Create a cheatsheet of questions you want to ask you examiners.
• Read your thesis and write short summaries to break down your structure.
• Make something to help you remember the important things you’ve achieved.
• Make a jar of awesome to help you remember how good you are!

Of course, there’s a lot more you might need to remember, and a lot more ways you could help yourself remember.

So what do you need? And what will you do?

(A Final Reminder: need in this case could be because it will simply help you to feel better – that’s OK!)

Viva Survivors Summer Sabbatical: I’m taking July, August and September off from new writing to concentrate on other creative projects, so will be sharing a post from the archives every day throughout those months. Today’s post was originally published on May 14th 2020.