I want thank you for the mock viva service you provided. This was amazing service. Especially as you had to read and more than got the gist of my 90,000 word qualitative thesis in an incredibly short space of time in order to make the mock viva meaningful and useful. You put me at my ease, asked insightful, relevant questions – including one that really tested my ability to think on the spot, as I needed to work through to get right. I felt that this was a true demonstration of your academic ability to absorb the core parts of my thesis in very little time.  I truly appreciate the kindness which you wished me well and enquired as to how I got on. Thank you. It was having to go through the process, think on my feet, with someone I didn’t know that made it as close to the real thing as it could possibly be.  I am sure this contributed to my being better able to respond coherently on the day, as the process wasn’t new to me and I wasn’t as nervous as I would have been. Your experience in examining PhD students defending their viva was clearly visible.