The Magic Feather
(Do I need to give a spoiler warning for a movie that is over 75 years old?!) In Dumbo, the little elephant with big ears is given a magic feather to help him fly, and off he goes. When he...
Daily viva help for PhDs
(Do I need to give a spoiler warning for a movie that is over 75 years old?!) In Dumbo, the little elephant with big ears is given a magic feather to help him fly, and off he goes. When he...
There are lots of ways your examiners could begin your viva, lots of questions to start the discussion. It could be “how did you get interested in this topic?” or “how would you summarise your findings?” Maybe they’ll ask “what’s...
Doing a PhD and writing a thesis is like finding your way to the centre of a maze. You might have some ideas about how to get there when you start, but it will still take work to make it...
“Can you explain how to make a genus 2 handlebody?” Gulp. I was really confident on the results of Chapter 5, but the background was shaky at best in my mind. I had a great result, proved an open conjecture,...