Daily viva help for PhDs
Well done! If you’re reading this you did it. You made it through another tough year. You survived 2022. Was it more challenging than previous years for you? How are you coping? And how ready are you for 2023? 2022 was the...
Years of work, weeks of prep and then… How will you feel at your viva? Feeling nervous isn’t wrong but it doesn’t feel right. It’s a recognition that something matters: your viva and the outcome matter a lot. What can you do...
I very rarely set out to write a long post. Viva Survivors posts tend to be around 200 words, but sometimes they can be a lot shorter, as with these six posts on a range of topics: Remember You Are...
We continue the review of the year today with some of my favourite reflections about the viva. I like these sort of posts, though I don’t tend to write them every day. They often involve noticing something about the viva that is odd,...
I finish every year of Viva Survivors with a look back at some of my favourite posts from the year. In the coming days I’ll share topics like surviving and confidence, as well as general reflections on the viva and...
Between Christmas and New Year I shared some of my favourite posts from the blog from 2020. In case you missed them here’s a link to those posts, and a link to my favourite post from each category! Best of...
Every now and then I look at the stats for the blog to see which of my posts have helped or resonated. Here are the ten most read posts from 2017: First Thoughts 9 Questions For The End Of The...