April Writers Retreat 2019
Earlier this month, AUT postgrad research students and expert facilitators descended on Vaughan Park Retreat in Long Bay for 3.5 days of uninterrupted writing bliss. No jobs, no kids, no […]
Articles, tips, and notices for postgraduate research students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and beyond.
Earlier this month, AUT postgrad research students and expert facilitators descended on Vaughan Park Retreat in Long Bay for 3.5 days of uninterrupted writing bliss. No jobs, no kids, no […]
As researchers we inevitably work within a set of norms that have been built by other researchers before us, using the vocabulary they formed, and the methods they refined. As […]
Tomorrow will mark one week since the terrorist attack against the Muslim community in Christchurch. It will also be the first time Kiwi Muslims return to Jummah prayers since the […]
If you use the PG study rooms or other workspaces in WU building, you may have noticed a lot of construction going on lately. The building is currently undergoing a […]
We usually focus on research here at Thesislink, but right now, it is very hard to do that. Our nation has been shaken, and our values attacked. Fifty people have […]
Lonely? Bored? Stressed out? From time to time, it can be helpful to get out of the office or lab and spend some time with humans who understand what you’re […]
The AUT Library team has been busy preparing lots of workshops to get you up to speed with the software you’ll need to manage your documents and citations. Whether you’re […]
Want to talk with other postgrads about your writing? There is a new Research Students Writing Group that provides student-led support for thesis writing. Get pumped to write by learning […]
Editor’s note: this article, published in 2019, makes reference to a student website that is now out of date. The updated site, now called Student Hub Online, can be accessed […]
If you’re a qualitative researcher, now is a great time to be at AUT. We have lots of workshops and events coming up for you over the next few weeks, […]
This post from the Graduate Research School was first published in February 2016. We have updated it to make it current for 2019. Universities are enormous institutions. Academia as […]
If you are staring down the barrel of a major doctoral milestone (i.e. a PGR9 confirmation of candidature or an oral exam), you might like to know that there is […]