Making professional connections via email
Imagine this scenario – you need information and you start to write a formal email but you don’t know the person or organisation to which you are writing. How do […]
Research
Conquering Your IT Challenges
Not so long ago, working on a thesis meant writing drafts longhand or on a typewriter, after consulting journals that you found physically in the library by consulting a card […]
A Storm is Brewing in the Academic Publishing World
As postgraduate researchers, we’re all too familiar with peer-reviewed journal articles. We read ’em. We cite ’em. In the latter stages of our research, we sometimes write ’em. And we […]
Citing Tricky Sources with No Problems et al
Once you’ve gone through your undergrad training, it’s reasonably easy to cite a journal article or book in your field’s preferred style. But what about those tricky sources? Blog posts […]
6 Emotions to Expect on Submission Day (in GIFs)
For years now, I’ve fantasized about handing over my thesis. In my head, it would be the greatest day of my life. Birds would dress me that morning. The sun […]
What to do when you’re feeling overwhelmed
When I first started my PhD, the enormity of what I had to do would often overwhelm me. I knew that I had to break my research project down into […]
Post-3MT Thoughts from Doctoral Winner Iana Gritcan
Doctoral candidate Iana Gritcan won the AUT 3MT finals on August 18th. We asked her to share her thoughts as she prepares for the Australasian finals. When I was asked […]
A Letter to My Younger Self: From the Thesis Finish Line
Dear 2012 Anaise, I seem to recall that you’re pretty excited about your PhD. That’s great. I know you’re enjoying the freedom of all your academic possibilities right now. But […]
Congratulations Stephanie-Anne!
A few weeks ago we profiled Stephanie-Anne Croft, who was one of five New Zealanders selected to fly out to Canberra to compete at the Australasian finals of the Falling […]
Throwback Thursday: Surviving the Lit Review
We first featured this post from Jennie Swann in 2013. At the very beginning, my idea of doing a literature review was like this; Read some literature, read some more […]
Photos from the PG Symposium & 3MT
Thank you and congratulations to all of you who presented your research at the PG Symposium and/or 3MT last Thursday. There were a record number of presentations this year from […]
Why we don’t write and what to do about it
Procrastination means ‘belonging to tomorrow’. So when you delay writing today, you are creating more work for tomorrow. Unfortunately this delay creates a gap between your intention and your action. […]