Articles, tips, and notices for postgraduate research students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and beyond.
Join staff from the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) and AUT Enterprises Ltd (AUTEL) for informative sessions on research & development (R&D), intellectual property, commercialisation and consulting to industry. […]
Author: Dr Jennie Billot There is a great temptation to have a transcriber work on your interviews, after all they are experts aren’t they? Yes, BUT…. Getting very familiar with […]
Teaching Assistants’ Workshop Auckland University of Technology, (offered by) Learning and Teaching Unit There is a scene in a Harry Potter film where Severus Snape acts as replacement teacher for […]
Author: Julia Hallas, Doctoral Candidate Do you ever sit down to study and find that you’re just too tired to write? If you’re anything like me, this can lead to […]
Author: Dr Jennie Billot Giving presentations may seem a daunting activity – imagine talking to other researchers who are listening critically to what you say! Well, think of the advantages […]
Professor Mark Orams (Associate Director of AUT’s New Zealand Tourism Research Institute and a Professor in Marine Tourism) recently gave a presentation at a Postgraduate Mix and Mingle on ‘The […]
Author: Dr Lyn Lavery, Director, Academic Consulting (www.academic-consulting.co.nz) A recent post on the NVivo blog reminded me of how useful I find models, diagrams, and visual maps in my research and […]
Author: Dr Jennie Billot So you are ‘writing up’ the thesis… and it might appear to be a huge task. While each chapter may seem to be complete, the gaps […]
Author: Julia Hallas, Doctoral Candidate “There is nothing more to be said on this subject. Nothing”. (McCall Smith 2003, p.11, cited in Murray, 2005) There is nothing better than finding […]
We all do it. We all let our minds drift from our thesis when we shouldn’t. We have our eyes dutifully glued to our books / data / computers, when […]
Author: Nikki Mandow Sometimes over the last 18 months I have wondered whether I would ever finish my thesis. But all things do come to an end. Word of advice: […]
Author: Jule Kunkel As I was going into my toolbox for some inspiration on words, I thought this toolbox might be beneficial to the other students as well? Cheers, Jule