Articles, tips, and notices for postgraduate research students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and beyond.
Author: Julia Hallas, Doctoral Candidate If you’re experiencing procrastination, depression, all-nighters and melt-downs… join me in my quest for the best writing tips. My desk has been piling up with […]
A great opportunity to join in a new Research Webinar Series- at no charge! Many of you will have met our colleagues Lyn and Rachel from Academic Consulting who run […]
Author: Julia Hallas, Doctoral Candidate If you’re experiencing procrastination, depression, all-nighters and melt-downs… join me in my quest for the best writing tips. What’s your writing space like? Do you […]
When nearing the end of your research study there is some relief at seeing the final hurdle in sight. The work is done, the thesis is written and you are […]
At the very beginning, my idea of doing a literature review was like this; Read some literature, read some more literature, ponder, read some more literature, read some more literature, […]
Author: Professor John Bitchener Once the research is over, the question of exactly how to write each chapter of a thesis or dissertation remains. This invaluable guide introduces first-time thesis […]
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; […]
Author: Katharine Hoskyn Over the weekend I walked into a fitness centre and immediately saw these two (unattributed) quotes. They leapt off the wall. My first thought was ‘Great, that’s […]
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 […]
Author: Daniel Reader (Master of Engineering student) When all of the fun of experiments, interviews, design, development, and research is over, the writing remains. And it is, I think, universally […]
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 […]
Reading Nathan and Philippa’s articles on social media and more broadly, the relationship between digital technology and society, I could feel the hairs on my arm prickle with interest. My […]