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Nathan

Keeping Tabs

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What can you do with sticky notes and highlighter tabs as part of viva prep?

  • Plan out your tasks!
  • Mark out chapters!
  • Point to typos!
  • Highlight key references!
  • Draw attention to important paragraphs!
  • Add notes!
  • Mark out key sections!
  • Colour code information!
  • Leave encouragements for yourself!

This is scratching the surface of course. There’s a lot you can do with very basic stationery to help make your thesis much more valuable as a resource for the viva.

Think about your needs. Keep it simple but get the most from your thesis and do what you can to build yourself up.

Nathan

Sticky Note Suggestions

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Small sticky notes are about 4cm by 5cm. There’s not a lot to them; they’re a tiny stationery delight.

You could use them as bookmarks or to add short supplementary material to your thesis, but why not add some little messages during your viva prep?

  • “You can do this.”
  • “This is a good section!”
  • “Talk about this result.”
  • “Smile, breathe, relax.”
  • “Take your time.”
  • “Remember the journey.”
  • “Remember: you are good.”

What else might help ?

Practical, directly-related to your research prep is great, but perhaps you also just need a nudge to remember that you’re awesome.

Nathan

Sticky Notes

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Cheer up your viva prep with a selection of sticky notes for your thesis.

Mark out the beginning of chapters and important sections. Add sentences of clarification to pages. Stick in summaries and helpful bullet point lists. Find the best pages and make them stand out with a bit of colour.

There’s a lot of serious viva prep that needs to be done; I’ve mentioned several parts in this post already! Just because something is serious doesn’t mean it can’t also be done with a little smile.

Annotate your thesis as part of your viva prep to make a better version of your thesis; use sticky notes to make that better version a little happier too.