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If you find a problem during your viva prep, big or small, do you need to solve it immediately? A typo might just need a note making for later correction. A clunky sentence could need underlining to revise, so long...
Daily viva help for PhDs
If you find a problem during your viva prep, big or small, do you need to solve it immediately? A typo might just need a note making for later correction. A clunky sentence could need underlining to revise, so long...
If you feel worried or anxious before the viva then stop and ask yourself, “Why?” What is getting in the way? For example, if you feel unprepared it could be that you’re pressured with the time available. It could be...
About a week ago, first thing in the morning, I opened the fridge to get the milk to make the first cup of tea of the day. The light in the fridge didn’t come on. My brain performed a complicated...
A few months ago I read a lovely little book called The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts – which is a long title for a quick read! Each chapter was a short discussion about different useful concepts,...
It’s possible your research went down a path you didn’t choose. Your supervisor insisted. You followed. Whatever that meant for your research, you still disagree with the approach or idea now. OK. …That’s it. You disagree. That’s OK. Disagreement by...
You have to do this all the time for your viva. Take the first step to the viva when you submit. Take the first step with your prep by sitting down and getting your thesis out again; or by asking...