A Kind Process

Whatever your situation and circumstances you can make viva prep a kind process for you.

• Find out what helps viva prep before you get to submission and read your university’s thesis examination regulations.
• Sketch out a rough plan of what you need to do and how you might need to do it when you submit your thesis.
• Be generous with your planning and don’t assume that life will allow your plans to remain fixed; work out good milestones for your progress.
• Ask for help well in advance of when you need it so that you are sure that your helpers’ schedules will allow the support you need.
• Find time to remind yourself every day that you have got as far as you have by being good at what you do and by making a contribution to your field of research.

Step by step and bit by bit you can prepare for your viva without stress and without unwelcome pressure. You have the opportunity to make viva prep a kind process for you.

PS: I’ll be digging into this kind process in much more detail at my Viva Survivor webinar on Wednesday 3rd December 2025. This is my comprehensive live session on getting ready. There’s full details at the link of what to expect from the webinar but please get in touch if you have any questions!