PG Week: PG Symposium 2017
As Postgraduate Week draws to a close, here’s a big THANK YOU to everyone who presented their research, competed at 3MT, contributed a poster, attended a workshop, sat on a […]
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PG Week: Gender & Diversity forum
The theme for the rest of PG Week is ‘Connecting,’ and of course tomorrow we will all connect at the major events of the PG year – the Postgraduate Symposium […]
PG Week: Communicating Complex Research at the Symposium
If you are presenting at the PG Symposium on Friday, you’re probably busy memorising your main talking points, finalising your slides, and rehearsing in front of the mirror. You may […]
PG Week Welcome Breakfast 2017
This morning we kicked off PG Week 2017 with a delicious breakfast and a lot of food for thought. The speaker at this year’s welcome breakfast was Dr Jesse Pirini. […]
Try Out a Peer Mentoring Group
Did you know that there is a network of peer mentoring groups for postgraduate students at AUT? These are groups that meet up to support one another, give and receive […]
What Do You Wish Your Supervisor/s Knew?
While most supervisors are willing to have an honest chat here and there, it can be hard to be completely honest. Let’s face it: supervisors have a lot of power, […]
The Value of Talking to Family & Friends about your Research
Postgraduate research is so, so specific. Your research might be about the physics of the movement of bees’ wings in flight. Or security protocols for cloud storage providers. Or the […]
Pro Tips for Opening a Thesis Chapter
A thesis is a long and complex document that often presents very difficult and challenging ideas. Breaking those ideas down into easily digestible chunks – i.e. chapters – will help […]
Explaining a difficult concept
As Albert Einstein so aptly put it, “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”. Sometimes we can become so bogged down in the detail that […]
Throwback Thursday: Preparing for the AUT 3MT Competition
This post by Jesse Pirini, past 3MT winner, first appeared on Thesislink in 2012. Jesse is now a postdoctoral fellow, and will give a talk at the PG Week Welcome […]
What Makes a Great Poster?
Posters are a common form of research communication, particularly in STEM fields. They’re effective, they’re fun to browse at conferences, and they don’t require any public speaking. Yay! They can […]
PG Symposium Abstracts Due Friday
If you would like to present your research at the Postgraduate Symposium on 18 August, it’s time to hustle – you have 3 more days to get your abstract in! […]