Who Are Your Examiners?
Once you know their names, check them out. It’s useful to check recent publications to get a sense of their own knowledge and research focus. It’s useful to follow that up with a look at their staff pages to see...
Daily viva help for PhDs
Once you know their names, check them out. It’s useful to check recent publications to get a sense of their own knowledge and research focus. It’s useful to follow that up with a look at their staff pages to see...
Make a list of everything you’ve done that makes you feel proud. Think about all of the achievements in your PhD. Reflect on why they matter to you. Within that list you’ll find the strengths of your work. You’ll see...
Before your viva, for weeks or maybe months leading up, it might feel like the only thing that matters. During your viva, perhaps it really is the only thing. You might forget everything else. You might genuinely be surprised or...
Writing a summary of some aspect of your thesis or research before the viva can do a lot of things to help you. It forces you to focus on something, to highlight the best parts or the most difficult sections...
All the things you didn’t do. All the things you couldn’t do. All the ideas you didn’t follow. All the questions you couldn’t answer. All the opportunities you had to turn down. You have to let them go when you...