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I have to turn off the captions for myself when I deliver a webinar. It might help some participants to see an AI-generated track of my words, but I can’t see them on my screen. For the most part they’re...
Daily viva help for PhDs
I have to turn off the captions for myself when I deliver a webinar. It might help some participants to see an AI-generated track of my words, but I can’t see them on my screen. For the most part they’re...
Don’t sweat the small stuff. Do every little thing to help yourself. These are not contradictions when applied to the viva and viva prep. When you find a typo after submission, you could underline it or add it to...
You don’t need to be afraid of finding typos. For the most part when someone finds a typo, at worst, it will distract them. A very, very, very minor frustration. For an examiner it is something to record in some...
Realising that you’ve made a mistake doesn’t feel good. Spotting a typo, a mis-quote, an error or a problem in your thesis could send you into a panic. Or being told by your examiners that they have a question and...
If you find a problem during your viva prep, big or small, do you need to solve it immediately? A typo might just need a note making for later correction. A clunky sentence could need underlining to revise, so long...
A comment from one of your examiners does not automatically become a correction that you have to make to your thesis. A correction you receive is not always something that needs to be commented on in the viva. A comment doesn’t...
Between submission and the viva you might spot some changes you want to make in your thesis. Perhaps you see a typo that has to be amended, a sentence that could be simpler or a diagram that’s just not right....
Most PhD candidates are given corrections to complete after the viva. Typically examiners give a list of typos, clear instruction on sections that need to be revised and so on. While they’re often not too numerous or too onerous, corrections...
Typos matter because they need correcting. It’s important to work towards your thesis being as clear and polished as possible – but it also helps you to know that perfection is an ideal. Most PhD candidates have to complete corrections...
Different kinds of mistakes require different actions in the viva. If you find a few typos during your viva preparation you don’t need to go out of your way to mention them to your examiners. If you find a sentence...