Halfway To Ready
Viva prep is needed to help a candidate be ready for the viva. We could say that if you start your prep three weeks before your viva, then after ten days or so you’re halfway to being ready. But when...
Daily viva help for PhDs
Viva prep is needed to help a candidate be ready for the viva. We could say that if you start your prep three weeks before your viva, then after ten days or so you’re halfway to being ready. But when...
Three minutes is not long to share something of your work, whether on stage for a competition or as part of your viva. Depending on how quickly you talk and the emphasis you give to things, you have between 300...
Your supervisor needs to support you after submission. Your supervisor is also probably really busy. The best way to get what you need from them is to be as specific and clear as possible. Before submission, think about what you...
Don’t save your viva prep for the day before your viva. Save that day for reminding yourself of your successes. Save that day for reinforcing that you’ve come as far as you have by becoming more talented, more knowledgeable, more...
Viva prep can take between twenty and thirty hours of work when you consider all of the tasks that could be involved. In the time leading up to your viva, thirty minutes to an hour per day of viva prep...
There have always been candidates whose plans have been disrupted during their PhD journey. A project finds itself without the resources it needs. A plan loses support. Something just doesn’t work out the way it was expected. Every PhD candidate...
An answer is a kind of response. An answer is grounded in truth or a compelling argument. An answer could be what you offer after a question… …if the question is part of a quiz. But the viva isn’t a...
Thinking about how to prepare for the viva stresses some candidates. There can be lots of factors at play. I have work, I have kids, I have so little time, I’m tired, I’m stressed, what to do, when to start, where...
“I have 200 references in my bibliography! How can I remember all those details?! What do I do if my examiners ask me about one of them??” The 200 reference problem is not actually a problem. It’s a not-irrational worry...
You need to read your thesis to get ready for the viva. Then look deeply. Really look. What do you see? What are the structures of your chapters like? How do your chapters connect? What are the key points in your...