The Long Way

There are little tasks that help you get ready for your viva. You can add sticky notes to the start of thesis chapters, read the regulations or list questions that occur to you as possible viva starters.

For the most part, like the rest of your PhD, you have to see viva prep as a journey with no shortcuts.

It’s the long way for you.

You have to do the work.

There are no AI quick fixes, no top tips or hacks that get you past reading your thesis, thinking, rehearsing and everything else involved.

The long way is the sure way. While your journey will be different from every other there are so many viva and viva prep experiences that you’re bound to find some help if you ask for ideas.

You don’t need shortcuts but knowing the routes that others have taken can help a lot.