Five Minutes
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 –...
Daily viva help for PhDs
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 –...
I always make sure I have a plan for Monday before I stop work for the weekend. It helps me to motivate myself at the start of the week. Whenever I’m about to wash the dishes I check to see...
“What’s the most important thing I can do today that would make tomorrow better?” I’ve had that question stuck on the wall at eye-height next to my desk for as long as I can remember. I saw it in a...
What little things could you do regularly to help yourself on the lead up to submission and the viva? Keep a little notebook to hand to capture thoughts about your research. Collect small stationery items to annotate your thesis. Set...
There are big tasks involved in finishing a thesis and preparing for the viva. Sometimes, though, you can make a difference by thinking as small as “How could I make this one percent better?” Think small! What small things could...
My daughter has an advent calendar every year at Christmastime. Normally her aunt buys her a toy calendar: every day from the first of December to Christmas Eve she opens the little door and gets a little person or an...
I’m a fan of the “three easy wins” productivity idea: simply put, start your day by getting three little victories. Clear that email out of your inbox, write down that short paragraph or check your blog feed for new posts....