April 2015 AUT Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat
The first AUT Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat of the year was held at Vaughan Park last week and proved to be another positive opportunity for thesis students to have quiet and focussed writing […]
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Leaping into the Unknown
Writing a doctorate can feel a bit like ‘leaping’ into the unknown. And, sometimes we become a bit lost and feel as if we have lost our inspiration! Drawing on […]
The Viva! (aka Oral Defence, Doctoral Defence, Doctoral Examination)
By Emma Kelly In the week before your Viva you will get many pieces of sometimes contradictory advice. ‘Make your presentation absolutely watertight, you DO NOT WANT to make any […]
Throwback Thursday: Doing your Research and Keeping on Track
This post from Dr Jennie Billot first appeared here on ThesisLink in 2012. The challenge of clearly defining the research topic and planning the study is done and dusted. The […]
Start with chapter one
Author: Julia Hallas, Doctoral Candidate My supervisor recently set me an interesting challenge. She asked me to write the table of contents and chapter one first. Now you should know […]
The Research Question
One of the first challenges that you face when starting a research project is getting the Research Question clearly identified. This process can take much longer than you think! Elisa […]
Manuscript March: Bye for Now, and Please Write for ThesisLink!
It’s time for March, and all it’s Manuscript Madness, to come to a close. Our focus on writing is over for the time being, but there will be lots of […]
Manuscript March: A Grammar Cheat Sheet
Whether you’re an anthropologist, a biologist, a criminologist, a toxicologist, or an otorhinolaryngologist, you need to know the principles of good grammar. Here’s a quick round-up of some grammatical principles […]
Manuscript March: If My Thesis Were a… Viral Video!
It’s Friday. I don’t know about you, but I need a break from all the waking and writing and intellectualising that I’ve been doing all week. (Um… I read a […]
Manuscript March: Thesis Triage
Emergency situation. You’ve been writing for a while. Your thesis has been brewing, rumbling, gathering strength and momentum. Then you hit print, and it ERUPTS off the printer. Post-eruption, there […]
Manuscript March: 10 Secrets Known Only to Academic Writers
Despite all the writers who write about writing, there are still a few things that I think we, as a community of writers, haven’t admitted to each other. Some seem […]
Manuscript March: Casual Text
There’s an old Ella Fitzgerald song that goes: Say, it’s only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea But it wouldn’t be make-believe If you believed in me Do […]