Last Chance to Enter for 3 Minute Thesis
The deadline for entries to the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition is coming up tomorrow. The basic idea of 3MT is that you have 3 minutes and one slide to […]
Research
Investing Time Productively at a Conference
I just got back from a higher education conference in Australia. Along with a colleague, I had a full peer-reviewed paper accepted to the conference, and gave a 30-minute presentation […]
Literature Searching: Pro Tips
The number of scholarly articles in existence is estimated at over 50 million, with more published every year. Add to that the millions of books, videos, non-scholarly publications, and other […]
What Does it Mean to Make an “Original Contribution”?
Editor’s note: this article, published in 2016, makes reference to a previous edition of the AUT Postgraduate Handbook that is now out of date. The most recent edition can be […]
Getting Presentation Experience Close to Home
Ah, the international academic conference. Home to heavy-hitting scholars, catering spreads of varying quality, and intimidated postgrad students giving their first major presentations. When I went to my first international […]
Rethinking Research “Impact”
If you’ve ever thought about publishing, you’ve probably heard all about impact factors. Here’s how they work: the impact factor of a journal measures how often an average article within […]
Photos from the 1 June PG Mix & Mingle + Peer Mentoring Groups!
We had another fabulously buzzy PG mix & mingle last week, with lots of students staying on from the Doctoral Induction, and many more joining for the evening’s festivities. You […]
Thinking of using LaTeX? Check out this new guide.
If your thesis involves technical or scientific writing in engineering, science, computing, mathematics, linguistics, philosophy, or humanities, you might be interested to learn more about LaTeX. Luckily, the AUT Library […]
Should I Cite This?
Quality-checking sources is something we start to learn in secondary school or undergrad – just ask my students who felt my wrath when they cited Wikipedia (or what’s worse: when […]
Feedback on your AUT Postgraduate Research Experience
Research students at AUT have an opportunity to have their say in a survey about to be released. Let us know what you think – click here to read more […]
When Data has a Mind of its Own
So you have a hypothesis. You’re really excited about it. You’d love it to be true. You can’t wait to explore it in full detail and spend months or years […]
Upcoming international opportunities for postgrads
It’s a busy time in the academic calendar… the year’s research has well and truly kicked off, and ideas are buzzing. There are lots of exciting international opportunities for postgrads […]