Articles, tips, and notices for postgraduate research students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and beyond.
This week Philippa Hay, Head of AUT’s Scholarships Office, gives us her hints for funding postgraduate research. Thanks Philippa! Postgraduate research students, particularly those pursuing a doctorate, should begin the […]
We first featured this post from Julia Hallas in 2013. This post features in our top 5 posts, found in the footer of the new design. If you’re experiencing procrastination, […]
Let me give you a scenario. You are out to dinner with friends and their partners, making small talk waiting for the food to arrive. Someone’s partner leans over to […]
I remember once submitting an undergraduate ethics essay that I was really proud of. I had researched it thoroughly. I had expressed my ideas (I thought) elegantly. It was tightly […]
You may remember a couple of months ago we let you know about the Falling Walls competition, where innovative researchers and professionals compete to demonstrate the revolutionary power of their […]
The deadline for entries to the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition is coming up tomorrow. The basic idea of 3MT is that you have 3 minutes and one slide to […]
I just got back from a higher education conference in Australia. Along with a colleague, I had a full peer-reviewed paper accepted to the conference, and gave a 30-minute presentation […]
This article by Dr David Parker first appeared here on Thesislink in 2012. John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, diplomat, and public intellectual, was renowned for the clarity of his writing. Using […]
The number of scholarly articles in existence is estimated at over 50 million, with more published every year. Add to that the millions of books, videos, non-scholarly publications, and other […]
Editor’s note: this article, published in 2016, makes reference to a previous edition of the AUT Postgraduate Handbook that is now out of date. The most recent edition can be […]
Ah, the international academic conference. Home to heavy-hitting scholars, catering spreads of varying quality, and intimidated postgrad students giving their first major presentations. When I went to my first international […]
If you’ve ever thought about publishing, you’ve probably heard all about impact factors. Here’s how they work: the impact factor of a journal measures how often an average article within […]
