Best of Viva Survivors 2024: Reflections
Day two of my best of posts for 2024. I am very fortunate to have time to think about and write about the viva.
I like to try and consider the viva from as many angles as possible, which leads to posts like today’s that reflect on the overall viva experience.
- Other Vivas: hearing about viva experiences and anticipating your own.
- But You Didn’t: reflecting on the PhD journey and the roads not taken.
- Better Questions: what is it worth reflecting on ahead of your viva?
- Write Two Lists: find a focus to help you get ready.
- Questioning Difficulty: in a sentence, “expect difficult questions not difficult people.”
How have you been thinking about your viva over the last year? And how do you think you might need to change your thinking?