Beginning a PhD
Have you just set out on your PhD journey? Or are you about to start? Here’s some good advice from experienced supervisor Anne Bruton.
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How does it feel when you have submitted the thesis?
If you have decided that the thesis is finished and you have submitted it for examination, how does it feel? This blog post on Thesis Whisperer could be helpful for […]
Organising your dissertation stuff effectively
Author: Julia Hallas, Doctoral Candidate If you’re experiencing procrastination, depression, all-nighters and melt-downs… join me in my quest for the best writing tips. My desk has been piling up with […]
Research Webinar Series
A great opportunity to join in a new Research Webinar Series- at no charge! Many of you will have met our colleagues Lyn and Rachel from Academic Consulting who run […]
Make your writing space work for you
Author: Julia Hallas, Doctoral Candidate If you’re experiencing procrastination, depression, all-nighters and melt-downs… join me in my quest for the best writing tips. What’s your writing space like? Do you […]
It’s tempting to be ambitious….
When nearing the end of your research study there is some relief at seeing the final hurdle in sight. The work is done, the thesis is written and you are […]
Surviving the lit review
At the very beginning, my idea of doing a literature review was like this; Read some literature, read some more literature, ponder, read some more literature, read some more literature, […]
A guide to presenting empirical research
Author: Professor John Bitchener Once the research is over, the question of exactly how to write each chapter of a thesis or dissertation remains. This invaluable guide introduces first-time thesis […]
Māori or Pasifika postgraduate students Reading Group blog
Author: Ena Manuireva This reading group is about the critical reading of the word/world around us. The reading of the word could mean, but is not exclusive to: academic articles; […]
Inspired quotes…
Author: Katharine Hoskyn Over the weekend I walked into a fitness centre and immediately saw these two (unattributed) quotes. They leapt off the wall. My first thought was ‘Great, that’s […]
The experience of participating in a Research Writing Retreat
Author: Maggie Buxton, PhD Candidate The tide is coming in rippling across the sand in hazy shades of white, blue and grey. I am writing this on the last morning […]
The adventure of exploration…
Author: Daniel Reader (Master of Engineering student) When all of the fun of experiments, interviews, design, development, and research is over, the writing remains. And it is, I think, universally […]