Articles, tips, and notices for postgraduate research students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and beyond.
Obvious statement #1: Much research happens on university campuses. Obvious statement #2: University students represent a convenient source of human subjects for research purposes. Obvious statement #3: University student populations […]
Very few people admit to being racist, sexist, ageist, homophobic, or otherwise discriminatory. But even those who don’t feel hatred towards a particular group can still exhibit a bias. This […]
When a company references their “diversity plan,” they’re often talking about a plan to meet an ethnicity or gender quota among their staff or in their boardrooms. But diversity in […]
Great news, Thesislinkers… next week is Diversity Week at AUT! Every year, Diversity Week celebrates the great variety of students and staff at AUT. It’s about acknowledging and accepting people […]
Scientists are getting real on Twitter lately. If you haven’t done so already, check out the glory that is #fieldworkfail. There are stories of all kinds of fabulous, unfortunate, and […]
Thomas Edison famously said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Funnily enough, that is exactly the calculation I have made of my doctoral research. 99% is: reading dense […]
Talanoa Series Through the magic of videoconferencing, Pacific researchers from many different institutions and organisations hold regular virtual meetings in an initiative called the Talanoa Series. Twice a month, researchers […]
While many postgraduate students are confident writers, some writing tasks still provide their own specific challenges. There are certain pieces of work which take any postgraduate writer out of the […]
Would you like to represent AUT at the Asia Savvy New Zealand Asia Conference 2015? Saturday 29 August 2015 9.30AM – 8.30PM (meals included) Owen G Glenn Building, University of […]
Do you judge everything you do against some imagined ideal? Do you hold yourself to impossibly high standards? Do you experience guilt at every moment of your life? If you […]
The deadline for 3 Minute Thesis applications is coming up next Friday 24th July. (What’s 3 Minute Thesis, you ask? It’s a competition you should enter! Go here to find […]
The AUT University Postgraduate Centre distributes a monthly e-newsletter detailing upcoming conferences, forums and events, workshops and writing retreats and other support available for postgraduate students. Have you missed an […]
