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Nathan

The Point Of Prep

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Remember that your viva prep isn’t the point. Being ready for your viva is the point.

You need to plan your prep but the plan isn’t the point. It mostly doesn’t matter what you use to annotate your thesis, except that it makes your thesis better for you and your viva. You’ll probably benefit from a mock viva but the conversation with your supervisor isn’t the point.

Being ready is the point. How you exactly get there is less important than getting there.

Figure out what you need to get you to “ready”.

Nathan

The Power Of Prep

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Prep won’t make you perfect.

Prep won’t reveal every question you might be asked – or create answers for every line of discussion.

Prep won’t let you know how you’ll feel on the day and it won’t let you sidestep tricky situations.

And prep won’t allow you to know how your examiners feel about your thesis before you sit down with them in the viva.

 

Viva prep helps you to be ready for the particular difficulties of the viva after you have already built up years of experience, skill and knowledge at dealing with difficulties in your research.

Viva prep won’t give you an answer for every question, but can help you to respond to any question.

Viva prep won’t show you how you’ll feel on the day, but will help shape you how approach the experience.

Viva prep won’t make you perfect – but will make you prepared. That’s all you need.