Friday Fun: Top 5 Audacious Publication Pranks
What do you get when you combine brilliant minds with publication opportunities? Usually, you get articles adding to the bank of world knowledge. But occasionally, you get some pretty epic […]
Author: Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)
New peer networks available – which one should you join?
Last week we profiled a doctoral student group at South campus that’s getting people out of their offices and into good company. Well, great news! Now there are four more […]
Forum for doctoral students and supervisors
Ako Aotearoa, NZ’s centre for tertiary teaching, is hosting a forum on 20 November for doctoral students and their supervisors. Topics for discussion will include feedback and feed-forward, managing the […]
Defensive Writing
You’ve heard of defensive driving, right? It’s a way of approaching good driving that goes beyond simply following the road code. Defensive drivers anticipate that something bad could happen at […]
CfP: Conference on International Education
The 7th Biennial CRIE (Centre for Research in International Education) Conference is coming up in Auckland in January next year. If you’re in the field and keen to get a […]
What Does it Take to Succeed on the International Stage at 3MT?
Kudakwashe Tuwe represented AUT at the 3 Minute Thesis Trans-Tasman Finals in Brisbane on 2 October. Tuwe competed in a field of 50 university finalists from around Australia, New Zealand, […]
Getting to the finish line
By Dr Lyn Lavery The end of the year will soon be upon us and many of you will be racing towards the finish line of your thesis. Even if […]
Throwback Thursday: You find your thesis is for sale, via Google. Is this a big deal?
This post by Shari Hearne (Associate University Librarian, Digital Information Services) first appeared here on Thesislink in 2012 A ‘cautionary tale’ of a person unexpectedly finding his thesis was for sale while […]
3MT Finals – watch online
During PG Week in August, Kudakwashe Tuwe took the title of AUT’s Doctoral 3 Minute Thesis winner. Now Tuwe is preparing to compete against other university winners at the Trans-Tasman […]
Sustainability Learning and Teaching Forum
The Centre for Learning and Teaching (CfLAT) is kindly hosting a Sustainability Learning and Teaching Forum which is being developed in collaboration with the Vice Chancellor’s Taskforce for Sustainability. When: Thursday […]
Literature reviews: NVivo can help
By Dr Lyn Lavery Conducting a literature review is a central part of the academic research journey, particularly if you’re writing a thesis or dissertation. A literature review provides the […]
Would you like to lead a peer mentoring group?
Are you undertaking postgraduate research? Do you see yourself as a potential leader? Are you keen to meet other postgrad research students? AUT is currently seeking leaders for postgraduate peer […]