Who are you writing for?
How many people will read your thesis? It’s the impossible question. A few examiners, at least. Your supervisors. Is that all? Maybe a devoted spouse or family member? Possibly one […]
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Photos from the PG Symposium
We got very camera-happy at the PG Symposium on Friday 21st August. You are all just too photogenic! All the pics are up in a Thesislink Facebook album, so check […]
Put on your shoes
Writing a thesis is like running a marathon, right? Jeez, how many times have we heard that? (Answer: lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of times.) I’ve […]
Congratulations to the 3 Minute Thesis finalists and winners!
Congratulations to Kudakwashe Tuwe (PhD candidate) and Samuel Paterson (Master of Sport and Exercise student), winners of the doctoral and Masters 3MT competitions! Tuwe and Samuel were among the eleven […]
PG Week: The PG Symposium is on now!
It’s been a great PG Week! We’ve had breakfast with a leading academic consultant, upped our skills with lots of workshops, and now we’re hearing about the latest research from […]
PG Week: Live tweeting the PG Symposium
Tomorrow is the biggest day in the AUT postgrad calendar. It’s the annual PG Symposium! Can you tell we’re excited? The day will kick off at 9am in WG308. There […]
PG Week: “How to Survive Your PhD” online course
Those little letters “Dr” in front of someone’s name confer an awful lot of respectability. And so they should – anyone who has completed a PhD has proved themselves capable […]
PG Week: Maximising your CV-friendly transferable skills
No matter what your course of study, your postgraduate journey will leave you with knowledge and skills far wider than your subject area. Dr Lyn Lavery’s PhD is in Educational […]
PG Week: A networking breakfast with Dr Lyn Lavery
Many of you will be well-sated, in body and mind, after this morning’s PG Breakfast with a fascinating talk by Dr Lyn Lavery of Academic Consulting Ltd. Lyn talked about […]
Diversity Week: Does your research acknowledge intersectionality?
It’s easy to think of diversity in terms of nice neat categories: ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, religion… But nobody can be reduced to one simple characteristic. Everybody has an ethnicity, […]
Diversity Week: Diversity in sample groups
Obvious statement #1: Much research happens on university campuses. Obvious statement #2: University students represent a convenient source of human subjects for research purposes. Obvious statement #3: University student populations […]
Diversity Week: Avoiding unconscious bias in research
Very few people admit to being racist, sexist, ageist, homophobic, or otherwise discriminatory. But even those who don’t feel hatred towards a particular group can still exhibit a bias. This […]