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Throwback Thursday: Writing a Conference Abstract (Cheat Sheet)
This post first appeared on Thesislink in May 2018, and has been updated. If you’ve ever tried to write a conference abstract, you’ll know how intimidating the process can be. […]
Throwback Thursday: How to Disagree (Diplomatically)
This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in June 2018. Have you ever read a scholarly article or book and thought: what utter rot! If so: good. […]
Making Life Easier for your Readers
Often, when writing a thesis (or paper, or presentation, etc.), we unconsciously adopt a writer-centric approach. By that I mean: we get so preoccupied with conveying all the information in […]
Free Writing Webinars in Dec / Jan
A little birdy tells us that some usually paid academic writing webinars are going free at the moment. Defend&Publish, a team of academic writing coaches based in the US, is […]
The Best ‘Bad’ Academic Advice I Ever Received
I had a fantastically eccentric English teacher in secondary school. She dressed like she’d just stepped off the catwalk at the Wearable Art Awards, all swirling colours and structural hats. […]
Making Strategic Use of Your Acknowledgements Section
Editor’s note: This post was first published in October 2020; references to the AUT Postgraduate Handbook have since been updated for the 2022 edition. The acknowledgements section of a thesis […]
How Can You Capitalise on Your ‘Hidden Work’?
During some recent idle file-browsing, I stumbled upon some writings from my undergraduate days. Nothing earth-shattering: just a few ten-year-old assignments that I’d forgotten about. I almost moved past them, […]
Throwback Thursday: The Art of the Thesis Title
This post first appeared on Thesislink in April 2017. Imagine you’re a journalist, and you’ve been asked to write a headline for a news story about the opening of a […]
When Writing Gets ‘Overdone’
The best technique for making muffins seems counterintuitive. You combine your dry ingredients in one bowl, and your wet ingredients in another. In their separate bowls, you can mix the […]
How I Structured My Doctoral Thesis in Format Two
Editor’s note: this article, published in 2020, makes reference to a previous edition of the AUT Postgraduate Handbook that is now out of date. The most recent edition can be […]
Getting Started Writing your Thesis and Beating Writer’s Block
Generally, when I sit down to write something new – whether that be my thesis or a blog post – it feels huge and daunting. I just don’t know how […]