Throwback Thursday: The Myth of the Perfect Postgrad
This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in July 2015. Do you judge everything you do against some imagined ideal? Do you hold yourself to impossibly high […]
Research
Crafting a Dynamite Thesis Topic
Earlier this week we posted on picking a research subject. So let’s say you’ve done that, you’ve found your supervisors, and you’ve done a little reading on the area you’ll […]
Picking a Research Subject as a New Postgrad
Some people enrol for their research degree knowing exactly what they want to study. They choose a subject area, craft a tight and refined thesis topic, and they complete their […]
Postgrad Parents: Tips from a Graduand
Melissa Gould is about to graduate after years as a postgrad parent. She sent us her tips for surviving a PhD with children. Thanks Melissa! I signed up for […]
Postgrad Parents: Stephanie-Anne Croft
Stephanie contributed this article on her strategies for combining research with motherhood. Thank you Stephanie! “Reserved for The Best Mum Ever!” read the sign written neatly in pink, green […]
Postgrad Parents: Claire Gear
Claire Gear is a distance student doing her PhD research on responding to intimate partner violence in primary health care. She is also a mum to two boys aged 5 […]
Postgrad Parents: Diana Albarran Gonzalez
Diana Albarran Gonzalez moved to New Zealand with her family because her ex-partner got a job here. She found part-time work as a lecturer, got her daughter set up in […]
This Week on Thesislink: Postgrad Parents
It’s no secret that doing a research degree is incredibly challenging. It’s also no secret that parenting is a mammoth and life-consuming responsibility. So taking on both of these challenges […]
The Doable Thesis: Finishing and Graduating
Regular readers will be aware that I’ve gone through the doctoral thesis-writing journey over the past few years, and that I submitted and passed my oral exam recently. It was […]
Throwback Thursday: Double Duty Mantras
This post by Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in July 2015. I noticed something recently. A lot of academic wisdom can have multiple meanings. Things that we are told […]
When Your Brain is an Empty Space
In the years I spent writing my Masters and PhD theses, I never felt like I experienced writer’s block. Oh, I got stuck, for sure. But the term ‘writer’s block’ […]
Research Etiquette for Newbies
When I first enrolled in my research degree and rocked up to my department, I was given a key to my office… and that was it. There was no tour, […]