How Your Citation Choices Can Change World Knowledge Forever
When I’ve had a bad day, I sometimes watch cute YouTube videos. Nothing melts away stress like watching a toddler adorably mouth the words to a heavy metal song, or […]
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Brain Hacks for Better Writing
Writers’ block is real, and it really sucks. There’s nothing worse than the feeling of time ticking away as you stare pointlessly at a screen, unable to make blank space […]
Throwback Thursday – Manuscript March: The Drama of the First Draft
This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in March 2015. What is a first draft? Maybe you’ve already produced one, maybe you’re working towards it, or maybe […]
Giving Constructive Feedback
In my previous blogpost I highlighted the importance of embracing feedback to improve your academic writing and to increase the chances of your paper being published in a prestigious journal. […]
The Importance of Embracing FEEDBACK
Do you want to increase your chances of publishing in a top journal? Well, the message to early career researchers is to embrace feedback, network with your well-connected colleagues and […]
A View from a Wellington Doctoral Window
I recently learnt that the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has Doctoral students all over New Zealand. At first I was surprised but I quickly realised that with the variety […]
NVivo – Insights from a Novice User
Are you thinking about using NVivo software to help analyse your research data? I attended a NVivo 11 Core Skills workshop at the end of last year and I thought it […]
The power of ‘retreat’: Escaping from regular life in order to write
Are you finding it hard to get traction with your writing? Facing too many distractions? Always being interrupted? A Writing Retreat could be just what the doctor ordered. One definition […]
Maximising the Impact of your Research by Writing a BLOGPOST
Many researchers today face the dilemma of how to get their research cited. A large amount of effort goes into writing and publishing a research article but is thispublication accessible to other […]
Five Surprises from my Oral Exam
I passed my oral exam recently – woohoo! No more thesis tweaking! No more exam anxiety! Bring on the leisure reading! The experience of the exam was quite different from […]
Christmas Reading for the Modern Academic
When I tell non-academics that I’m getting my PhD, they almost always make one assumption. They figure that a PhD is the most advanced form of education there is, and […]
Presenting your Research Proposal – PGR9 Advice from a Doctoral Student
When I first started working at AUT everyone kept talking about PGR9s – I had no idea what this was but now I know… All doctoral students at AUT must […]