Throwback Thursday: What to Expect at an Academic Job Interview
This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in July 2018. In 2021, academic job interviews may be conducted online; but many of the same principles for success […]
Throwback Thursday
Throwback Thursday: The Echo Chamber Effect
This post first appeared on Thesislink in October 2017. In one of my thesis drafts, I wrote that most people would disapprove of the exploitation of marginalised groups. I didn’t […]
Throwback Thursday: Beating Online Procrastination
This post first appeared on Thesislink in June 2018. I recently had a vivid flashback to my old routine when I was in the early stages of working on my […]
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. […]
Throwback Thursday: Conducting ‘ELITE’ Interviews
This post by Robyn Kannemeyer first appeared on Thesislink in November 2016. For my master’s research I interviewed a very diverse group of people but the people I was most […]
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 […]
Throwback Thursday: Beating Online Procrastination
This post first appeared on Thesislink in June 2018. It seems particularly apt as a Throwback Thursday post right now since many of us are spending our entire work lives […]
Throwback Thursday: Ideas for Structuring Your Thesis or Dissertation
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 […]
Throwback Thursday: Postgrad Parents – Tips from a Graduand
This article by Dr Melissa Gould first appeared on Thesislink in May 2017, when Melissa was about to receive her PhD. She is now a graduate not a graduand, but […]
Throwback Thursday: Employability Strategies for Graduates
This post by Robyn Kannemeyer first appeared on Thesislink in November 2016. You may be close to submitting your thesis but have you thought about what happens next? How will […]
Throwback Thursday: When to let your thesis go?
The actor/director Sir Kenneth Branagh was asked in an interview: how do you know a movie you’re directing is finished? After a moment’s pause he replied: you don’t, you abandon […]
Throwback Thursday: Postgraduate Workspaces at AUT
University Postgraduate Board student rep Anne Wendt wrote this post in August 2018 reporting on a survey about postgraduate workspaces and giving some tips on accessing resources at AUT. Links […]