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Viva prep is work: a series of actions that steer you towards being ready for your examiners. You can approach it as a finite project, setting out tasks and activities to a plan for yourself, but it might also help...
Daily viva help for PhDs
Viva prep is work: a series of actions that steer you towards being ready for your examiners. You can approach it as a finite project, setting out tasks and activities to a plan for yourself, but it might also help...
Annotation helps you to prepare in two ways. First, you have to think carefully about your thesis while you add the notes or emphasis you need. Second, you have a more helpful resource for your viva. Annotation is effective...
I don’t advise every PhD candidate take a month to get ready for their viva but a month is a good place to start from when considering your plans. Viva prep – the deliberate tasks someone does to get ready...
Don’t rush into viva prep. Make sure you have everything you need and a plan to help you get through the work you need. Do small tasks first. Check the regulations. Ask for help. Place bookmarks at the start of...
Viva prep is a necessary part of getting ready. No tasks are particularly difficult, but if you are already tired, busy or stressed with regular work and life, then they can seem like more chores to get done. There are...
There’s a lot to consider when you’re preparing for your viva, but getting started is easy. You need just one thing on a list and you can start to work. Just one paper to read and reflect on. Just one...
On your first day of viva prep you don’t have to push yourself to work at maximum intensity. Maybe make a list. Read a chapter. Check a regulation or two. You don’t have to start and maintain an exhausting pace...
Whatever the worry, issue or problem, if you find yourself concerned by something during your viva prep just pause and reflect on three questions: Why is this a problem? How could you fix it? What will you do next? Ask...
Have five minutes spare and feel like you need to do something productive for your viva prep but don’t know what? Try one of these: Make a list. Key points, key papers, important people, helpful thoughts, things to do –...
When you come to plan your viva prep consider what you want to have and how you want to feel when you’ve finished the work. What resources do you want to have made? What tasks do you have to complete?...