Finishers’ Wisdom: Tip #1 – Progress Not Perfection
Recent doctoral thesis finishers Emma Kelly and Wendy Moore got together at the latest AUT Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat to collate their 10 top tips for working on a PhD thesis. […]
Author: Anaise Irvine
Leaping into the Unknown
Writing a doctorate can feel a bit like ‘leaping’ into the unknown. And, sometimes we become a bit lost and feel as if we have lost our inspiration! Drawing on […]
The Viva! (aka Oral Defence, Doctoral Defence, Doctoral Examination)
By Emma Kelly In the week before your Viva you will get many pieces of sometimes contradictory advice. ‘Make your presentation absolutely watertight, you DO NOT WANT to make any […]
Photos & Video from the Vice Chancellor’s Doctoral Scholarships Ceremony
Thirteen talented AUT doctoral students were presented with their Vice Chancellor’s Doctoral Scholarships at a ceremony on 25 March 2015. Each scholarship is worth $95,000, and allows a domestic or […]
Throwback Thursday: Doing your Research and Keeping on Track
This post from Dr Jennie Billot first appeared here on ThesisLink in 2012. The challenge of clearly defining the research topic and planning the study is done and dusted. The […]
Manuscript March: Bye for Now, and Please Write for ThesisLink!
It’s time for March, and all it’s Manuscript Madness, to come to a close. Our focus on writing is over for the time being, but there will be lots of […]
Manuscript March: A Grammar Cheat Sheet
Whether you’re an anthropologist, a biologist, a criminologist, a toxicologist, or an otorhinolaryngologist, you need to know the principles of good grammar. Here’s a quick round-up of some grammatical principles […]
Manuscript March: If My Thesis Were a… Viral Video!
It’s Friday. I don’t know about you, but I need a break from all the waking and writing and intellectualising that I’ve been doing all week. (Um… I read a […]
Manuscript March: Thesis Triage
Emergency situation. You’ve been writing for a while. Your thesis has been brewing, rumbling, gathering strength and momentum. Then you hit print, and it ERUPTS off the printer. Post-eruption, there […]
Manuscript March: 10 Secrets Known Only to Academic Writers
Despite all the writers who write about writing, there are still a few things that I think we, as a community of writers, haven’t admitted to each other. Some seem […]
Manuscript March: Casual Text
There’s an old Ella Fitzgerald song that goes: Say, it’s only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea But it wouldn’t be make-believe If you believed in me Do […]
Manuscript March: Is There Any Such Thing as Proper English?
Anyone who has ever received written work back from a teacher has had their writing “corrected.” That swipe of indecipherable red ink on the paper implies that you’ve written something […]