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The Best ‘Bad’ Academic Advice I Ever Received

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Anaise Irvine

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. […]

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Making Strategic Use of Your Acknowledgements Section

October 20, 2020May 19, 2022 Scott Pilkington

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 […]

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How Can You Capitalise on Your ‘Hidden Work’?

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Anaise Irvine

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, […]

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Throwback Thursday: The Art of the Thesis Title

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 Anaise Irvine

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 […]

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When Writing Gets ‘Overdone’

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 Anaise Irvine

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 […]

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How I Structured My Doctoral Thesis in Format Two

May 28, 2020March 25, 2021 Prabakar Parthiban

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this article, published in 2020, makes reference to a previous edition of the AUT Postgraduate Handbook that is now out of date.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 […]

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Getting Started Writing your Thesis and Beating Writer’s Block

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 Scott Pilkington

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 […]

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Shut Up and Write! on Zoom

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

Writing from home can seem daunting and it can be hard to make good progress. Fortunately, AUT’s Shut Up and Write! sessions are now available via Zoom. The online drop-in […]

New Thesis Writing Online Workshops

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

For researchers, working-from-home often means working-on-writing. If you’re tackling your thesis writing during this lockdown (and beyond), AUT Library’s Academic Writing Advisors have a range of online workshops just for […]

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The Emotional Journey of Getting Supervisor Feedback

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Anaise Irvine

I was recently reminded of a dark time in my PhD. A time when my illusions were shattered, and my hopes decimated. A time when I was elated to have […]

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: Ideas for Structuring Your Thesis or Dissertation

March 5, 2020March 25, 2021 Ian Brailsford

This post by University of Auckland staff member Dr Ian Brailsford first appeared on Thesislink in May 2019. Links and Postgraduate Handbook references have been updated. My favourite Jorge Chan […]

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Apply for the April Writers’ Retreat

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

Are you in (or approaching) a period of intense writing? Do you need to be super productive? Do you want some quiet time and expert support to help you churn […]

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