Daily viva help for PhDs
The viva isn’t hard to understand. You do the research over years, write your thesis probably over months and then talk with your examiners for a few hours. In the viva itself you’re discussing what you’ve done, what it means,...
The viva is not a rite of passage. The viva is not an academic ritual. The viva is not a Q&A session. The viva is not an interview. The viva is not a mystery. The viva is not trivial. The...
…but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn something by asking questions about your friend’s viva. Every viva is different, but there are expectations. Yours will be unique, but you can have a picture of what it will be like. Find...
How serious do you need to be about your viva? It’s an exam. You might think of it as the exam, but it’s still a test. People prepare for tests. They don’t, if they’re serious about them, just shrug their...
I love delivering my Viva Survivor session, partly because it helps people, partly because I get to try new things and develop the session more every time, and partly because I’m always kept on my toes by questions from participants....
Three challenges for the PhD candidate. First Challenge: believing that you don’t need to have a photographic memory about everything connected with your research and your thesis. Your examiners don’t expect you to know every possible thing. They expect you...