Reflecting On Change
What can you do now that you couldn’t at the start of your PhD? What skills have you developed that you didn’t have when you began? What do you now know that you didn’t when you started your research? What...
Daily viva help for PhDs
What can you do now that you couldn’t at the start of your PhD? What skills have you developed that you didn’t have when you began? What do you now know that you didn’t when you started your research? What...
I have fond memories of my PhD, but also a background feeling that it could have been so much more than it was. I could have been more pro-active; I realised quite late that I could set my own directions...
If most vivas result in success, why would yours be any different? If most candidates can get ready with only a little work, relative to the rest of their PhDs, what’s different for you? If most people have a viva...
For anything you were stuck on during your PhD, reflect: What was the problem? Why was it a problem and why was it worth solving? What were you stuck on? What caused the issue? What was the stickiest point? How...
Edison failed in his pursuit of a lightbulb 500 times, 1000 times or even 10,000 times depending on which (probably exaggerated!) account you read. What is certain is that he made mistakes, but he didn’t really fail because he kept pursuing....
This is the 1000th daily Viva Survivors blog post! A friend said to me, “That’s crazy! What are you doing to celebrate?” And I said, “….Erm…..” Hmm. Nothing really. That got me thinking about celebrating milestones in general. I remember...
What does viva success look like to you? What’s the outcome that will make you happy? If you set it as getting no corrections, or finishing within a certain time limit there may be nothing you could do to be...