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Are you just stuck or are you really scared of writing?

October 11, 2013August 1, 2016 Annette

Author: Julia Hallas, Doctoral Candidate If you’re experiencing procrastination, depression, all-nighters and melt-downs… join me in my quest for the best writing tips. It’s good to be smiling. You’ve been […]

Organising your dissertation stuff effectively

September 16, 2013August 1, 2016 Annette

Author: Julia Hallas, Doctoral Candidate If you’re experiencing procrastination, depression, all-nighters and melt-downs… join me in my quest for the best writing tips. My desk has been piling up with […]

Make your writing space work for you

August 27, 2013August 1, 2016 Annette

Author: Julia Hallas, Doctoral Candidate If you’re experiencing procrastination, depression, all-nighters and melt-downs… join me in my quest for the best writing tips. What’s your writing space like?  Do you […]

Surviving the lit review

July 5, 2013August 1, 2016 Jennie Swann

At the very beginning, my idea of doing a literature review was like this; Read some literature, read some more literature, ponder, read some more literature, read some more literature, […]

A guide to presenting empirical research

June 12, 2013January 29, 2014 Annette

Author:  Professor John Bitchener Once the research is over, the question of exactly how to write each chapter of a thesis or dissertation remains.  This invaluable guide introduces first-time thesis […]

The experience of participating in a Research Writing Retreat

May 29, 2013August 1, 2016 Annette

Author: Maggie Buxton, PhD Candidate The tide is coming in rippling across the sand in hazy shades of white, blue and grey. I am writing this on the last morning […]

The adventure of exploration…

May 27, 2013August 1, 2016 Annette

Author: Daniel Reader (Master of Engineering student) When all of the fun of experiments, interviews, design, development, and research is over, the writing remains.  And it is, I think, universally […]

Apps for writing your thesis

October 5, 2012January 24, 2014 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

A piece of advice given to postgrad students everywhere is “write every day.” It’s great advice. We should all do it, but some of us find it hard. If you’re […]

Who is your reader?

June 20, 2012June 21, 2012 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

When you are writing a thesis or a dissertation, there is always someone else in the room with you. Or, at least, I believe there should be. That person is […]

Writing Skills

May 25, 2012June 20, 2012 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, diplomat, and public intellectual, was renowned for the clarity of his writing. Using this skill, he was able to communicate complex ideas to a wide audience. […]

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