Before You Prepare
Viva prep is a set of tasks and activities you complete between submission and the viva which help you to feel ready for the viva. Before submission, to create a good space for your prep, do the following:
- Read the viva regulations for your university.
- Gather some nice stationery to help with note-making.
- Sketch out a rough plan for how you will do your prep.
- Ask your supervisor about their availability.
- Ask friends and family to support your prep time.
- Finish your research and your thesis.
Of course, the last one is pretty important!
The other points are also importatant but they’ll take up far less time to help you make a good space for getting ready for your viva.