One Year Later
It’s a year since I started the daily blog. There’s times when it feels like I’m not doing all that much, but when I pause – like today – and look back I can see how much I’ve done. In...
Daily viva help for PhDs
It’s a year since I started the daily blog. There’s times when it feels like I’m not doing all that much, but when I pause – like today – and look back I can see how much I’ve done. In...
It’s good to catch as many typos as possible. It’s not always easy to see them, even with spellcheck running. And spellcheck can’t always see when you put words in the wrong order. Proofreading can be hard. Enlist some allies...
Last year I chatted with a PhD graduate about their viva prep. In her department they encouraged final year students to give a seminar about their PhD. As the viva approached they would deliver a talk summarising their research and...
“Can you explain how to make a genus 2 handlebody?” Gulp. I was really confident on the results of Chapter 5, but the background was shaky at best in my mind. I had a great result, proved an open conjecture,...