Postgrad Parents: Stephanie-Anne Croft
Stephanie contributed this article on her strategies for combining research with motherhood. Thank you Stephanie! “Reserved for The Best Mum Ever!” read the sign written neatly in pink, green […]
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Postgrad Parents: Claire Gear
Claire Gear is a distance student doing her PhD research on responding to intimate partner violence in primary health care. She is also a mum to two boys aged 5 […]
Postgrad Parents: Diana Albarran Gonzalez
Diana Albarran Gonzalez moved to New Zealand with her family because her ex-partner got a job here. She found part-time work as a lecturer, got her daughter set up in […]
This Week on Thesislink: Postgrad Parents
It’s no secret that doing a research degree is incredibly challenging. It’s also no secret that parenting is a mammoth and life-consuming responsibility. So taking on both of these challenges […]
The Doable Thesis: Finishing and Graduating
Regular readers will be aware that I’ve gone through the doctoral thesis-writing journey over the past few years, and that I submitted and passed my oral exam recently. It was […]
Throwback Thursday: Double Duty Mantras
This post by Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in July 2015. I noticed something recently. A lot of academic wisdom can have multiple meanings. Things that we are told […]
Research Etiquette for Newbies
When I first enrolled in my research degree and rocked up to my department, I was given a key to my office… and that was it. There was no tour, […]
Throwback Thursday – Finishers’ Wisdom: Tip #1 – Progress Not Perfection
This post by Wendy Moore first appeared on Thesislink in May 2015. One of the scariest things is the blank page and the blinking cursor, awaiting that magical sentence to […]
“More Research is Needed”
“More research is needed.” How often have you read that phrase? It is the final sentiment of an overwhelming proportion of journal articles, and is repeated so often at academic […]
When Life Stress and Thesis Stress Conspire Against You
For the past few years, I have had two main kinds of stress. Thesis Stress (TS), I’m sure, is familiar to anyone reading this. That’s when your research demands too […]
How Your Citation Choices Can Change World Knowledge Forever
When I’ve had a bad day, I sometimes watch cute YouTube videos. Nothing melts away stress like watching a toddler adorably mouth the words to a heavy metal song, or […]
Giving Constructive Feedback
In my previous blogpost I highlighted the importance of embracing feedback to improve your academic writing and to increase the chances of your paper being published in a prestigious journal. […]