Best of Viva Survivors 2024: Viva Prep

I’m always happy to get to this time of year when I can share some of my favourite posts from the last twelve months!

Today we begin with viva prep. It’s a key thing for any candidate to reflect on how they will get ready. The following five posts can help:

And of course there are many more posts about viva prep on Viva Survivors if you’re looking for ideas of what you can do to get ready for your viva!

Take Five

Five minutes is enough time to do something to help your viva prep.

  • Add bookmarks to the start of every thesis chapter.
  • Highlight important information in a section.
  • Make notes on your thesis contribution.
  • Draft one hundred words to summarise a chapter.
  • Write a list of things you need to do to prepare.
  • Send a few messages to friends asking for their support.

There are many viva prep tasks that take more than five minutes but five minutes can be enough to make a difference.