satisfaction

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What do you need or want from your viva for it to be a satisfying experience?

You might want to talk about certain topics. You might want to hear your examiners’ opinions. You might want those opinions to be good!
You might want your viva to be a certain length or to proceed in a certain way. You might want certain questions or the absence of specific questions.
What do you need to know? What might you need to do? Who might you talk to in order to feel happy about your viva before you have it?

And what, of all of these wants and needs that you perceive, is within your control?

If you pin the satisfaction of your viva on things that are out of your control then you can only hope that it will be a good experience.

Think carefully about what you need and want from your viva and don’t rely on hoping that it will all go well.

PS: for more than hope of viva success take a look at next week’s 7 Reasons You’ll Pass Your Viva webinar on Wednesday 24th September. An hour of viva confidence plus a catch-up recording and pdf guide to getting ready. Full details at the link!