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You’re in the viva to pass it. You did the work, you built the ideas, you put it all together in your thesis. You are where you are meant to be.
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You’re in the viva to pass it. You did the work, you built the ideas, you put it all together in your thesis. You are where you are meant to be.
No way your thesis is perfect. No expectation it should be either. No chance you’re not an expert in your research. No way to predict exactly what will happen in the viva. No excuse for not having expectations either (there...
There’s lots of hours spent on a PhD, but different ranges depending on the stage you’re at: Five to six thousand to do a PhD. Twenty to thirty in prep for the viva. Two to three for a viva is...
My daughter’s just finished nursery and starts “Big School” in September. It seems only like yesterday that she was starting, but it was nearly two years. Time flies… We’re helping her make a memory box of her time at nursery....
A clatter of coins spills! I pulled the lever and now I’m rich, rich, rich! Except I wasn’t. I was maybe ten and they weren’t coins, they were tokens. I grew up in a seaside town and there was a...
My dad passed away quite suddenly when I was 17. Today would have been his 70th birthday, and he’s been on my mind a lot lately. When I was little my dad was often self-employed. He had been made redundant...
To get to submission, to get to the viva, you have to do the work. It’s no accident. You must have put in the hours and you can only do the work if you’re sufficiently skilled. How else could you...
What’s the probability that you’ll hear one of the following statements said in the viva? “This is the best thesis I’ve ever read!” “You should be doing my job!” “You are one of the foremost minds in the country –...
There are lots of things people think will have an impact on their viva or their prep. Here’s a partial list of factors people think could make a difference, for good or bad: Your examiners. Your institution. The number or...
…it’s possible that you forget something. …it’s possible you don’t understand something. …it’s possible that you realise something. …it’s possible that you think about something. …it’s possible that you doubt yourself. …it’s possible that you convince your examiner. …it’s possible...