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Nathan

The Technical Stuff

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If there are any technical or specialist terms in your research that you struggle with – or which you need to feel more certain about – then take steps during your preparation to help remind you.

  • Make a list of ten terms and write short definitions or reminders.
  • Underline or highlight terms as they appear in your thesis.
  • Add notes in margins to help you unpick meaning or make connections.
  • Ask your supervisor or a friend to have a conversation with you about any difficult topic to help you practise.

What else could you do to be ready for the technical stuff at your viva?

Nathan

Overprepared

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Can you be overprepared for the viva? I’m not sure what that would look like.

Can you waste time on activities that don’t really contribute much to your viva preparedness? Sure.

Can you focus so much on prep that you start to stress yourself out? Definitely.

Perhaps the best question to start exploring this topic is “How will you know you’re prepared?”

Set some criteria. Figure out tasks that will help meet them. Do the work.

Be prepared.