In The Distance
If you’re reading this and you’re in your first or second year of your PhD, you don’t have to worry about your viva! You don’t have to give it any great thought: for now, keep on with the main work...
Daily viva help for PhDs
If you’re reading this and you’re in your first or second year of your PhD, you don’t have to worry about your viva! You don’t have to give it any great thought: for now, keep on with the main work...
That’s the viva. You’re doing something you have done many, many times throughout the last few years – thinking about and talking about your research and your ability as a researcher – and this is the last time you’ll need...
A few months after my viva, when my corrections were all completed, it was time to pack up the desk in my shared office. I wish I had considered it properly at the time. Instead, I just packed everything into...
Four words to remember. They don’t mean that you’re ready. They don’t mean you’re perfect. They don’t mean that your viva will be easy. They simply mean that you have got to this point in your PhD journey because of...
Ask for help when you’re getting ready for your viva. Talk to your friends and colleagues in your department. Get them to listen to you talk about your work or ask about their experiences. Get the benefit of their help!...
To feel confident for your viva you have to do the work: you have to do the research needed, write your thesis, develop yourself and really realise what all of that means. Confidence isn’t a destination on your PhD journey....
How good will it feel when those words are real? How will you feel when your thesis is finished and submitted, you’ve had your viva, you’ve done whatever corrections you need to and – finally! – you’ve graduated? Completing a...
If you think back on your PhD, all the work and effort, the success and setbacks and so on, you’re not going to remember three or more years of continuous story. You’ll remember moments: events that for matter to you...
There are several ways we use the word. Someone is a legend if they’re amazing. They have talent and are someone who has demonstrated that for a long time. For example, a postgraduate researcher when they reach thesis submission… A...
When you come to plan your viva prep consider what you want to have and how you want to feel when you’ve finished the work. What resources do you want to have made? What tasks do you have to complete?...