Research as Labour
Editor’s note: this article, published in 2015, makes reference to a previous edition of the AUT Postgraduate Handbook that is now out of date.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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Throwback Thursday: You find your thesis is for sale, via Google. Is this a big deal?
This post by Shari Hearne (Associate University Librarian, Digital Information Services) first appeared here on Thesislink in 2012 A ‘cautionary tale’ of a person unexpectedly finding his thesis was for sale while […]
Would you like to lead a peer mentoring group?
Are you undertaking postgraduate research? Do you see yourself as a potential leader? Are you keen to meet other postgrad research students? AUT is currently seeking leaders for postgraduate peer […]
New video resources for postgrads from Te Ara Poutama
Researchers at Te Ara Poutama (AUT’s faculty for Māori media, Māori development, language revitalisation and te reo) have shared a bumper batch of online video resources from this year’s Wānanga […]
New Writing Guides Available
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 […]
2015 AUT University Postgraduate Centre e-Newsletters
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 […]
Are you in the last six months of completing your PhD at AUT? Would you like to share your experience?
I am conducting a study examining the experience of formative assessment (e.g. PGR9) and strict time frames for completion (i.e. usually 4 years full time) on the students experience of […]
AUT Appskill Yourself!
There are heaps of useful learning apps for students at university. The Student Learning Centre would like to know which ones are the best. Tell us which apps have made […]
AUT Staff Writing Group for Publication
Are you an AUT staff member wanting to get work published? Would you like the opportunity to have colleagues read and provide feed-back on your workin progress? You may also […]
Māori or Pasifika postgraduate students Reading Group blog
Author: Ena Manuireva This reading group is about the critical reading of the word/world around us. The reading of the word could mean, but is not exclusive to: academic articles; […]
The experience of participating in a Research Writing Retreat
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 […]
Charles and the Ethics Factory
Indicating that the consumption of chocolate constitutes consent to participate in a research project may have some drawbacks when it comes to implementing the principles of partnership and informed, voluntary […]