Daily viva help for PhDs
You could plot out minute by minute when you are going to do your viva preparations. When will you read Chapter 4? How will you make notes for various sections? Which colour highlighters will you use to encode different associations?...
Hindsight is wonderful. Before my viva I worried about whether or not I would forget things in the moment; would I be able to explain this process or that proof, things I knew really well… …what if, what if, what...
More candidates tell me they’re nervous rather than excited about their viva. Many who tell me that they’re nervous wish they could feel confident or excited about the big day. Today, for the first time, I can reveal my four...
Viva coming up? Offer to take your friends out for coffee. Buy their attention for the price of an americano, or if summer arrives a frappuccino. There’s a lot you can do in forty minutes over a coffee. If your...
When is the best time to start viva prep? I don’t know, at least not for you. I don’t know how long your thesis is, whether or not you have a partner or kids, whether or not you have a...