A Piece Of Paper
When your PhD journey is finally finished you get a piece of paper. It will be quite fancy with official words and special ink. One page that says: you did it. Before graduation, before your viva even, you might need...
Daily viva help for PhDs
When your PhD journey is finally finished you get a piece of paper. It will be quite fancy with official words and special ink. One page that says: you did it. Before graduation, before your viva even, you might need...
The harder I work, the luckier I get. As with so many quotes it’s difficult to pin down who said it. Whoever said it they were definitely on to something. There’s such a thing as simple luck, but in many...
This post is for anyone who feels down at the thought of getting ready for their viva. Remember that the hardest work is done by the time you submit your thesis. Planning your preparation helps to break down the work...
You submit your thesis, you have your viva and in between these two events is the bridge of preparation. Viva prep bridges the gap between one challenge and another, but the gap is not that great and the bridge is...
If you figured out how to get to submission then you can figure out how to succeed in the viva. If you did all the work and wrote it up in your thesis then you can discuss it with your...
You could focus on being perfect for your viva, but you’ll end up disappointed by the unattainable nature of your goal. Or you could focus on being prepared for your viva, plan what needs doing and take practical steps to...
Are you nervous about your viva or nervous about the upcoming change? Your viva, and your success at it, aren’t a leap of faith. You did the work, you did the prep, you can learn about the process. You don’t...
At the viva you have to engage with the questions and comments of your examiners. You have to be a good participant in the discussion that rises from your thesis, the questions and what unfolds naturally. That’s it. You don’t...
Personal development is sometimes seen as a box-ticking exercise during a PhD: perhaps a form or report that has to be filled in every now and then. That’s a shame, because I think personal development is what the PhD is...
You take a PhD one day at a time. Read, write, test, think and do it all again. Day by day you work through the journey. You take viva prep one task at a time. Read, write, think, talk: each...