Why you should use older references in your thesis
By Julia Hallas, PhD Candidate “Never use references that are older than three years” was the advice given by a journal article reviewer I went along to hear recently. Yet […]
Research
Throwback Thursday: Why Your Research Question Deserves Pride of Place
We first featured this post from Dr Lyn Lavery, Director, Academic Consulting in 2013 Research questions (RQs) are a central part of the research process. They should be clear, researchable, and […]
Graduate Research Symposium: Museum-Centred Studies
If your research has anything to do with museums, listen up! The University of Auckland is hosting a special Graduate Research Symposium in conjunction with an upcoming conference. Graduate students […]
Reading for Keeps
I just performed a very unscientific study of thesis bibliographies. Of the last 5 doctoral theses published to ProQuest, there were an average of 333 entries per bibliography.* That’s an […]
Five Hundred Pounds: Research and Socioeconomic Privilege
The writer Virginia Woolf famously said that in order to write, all a woman needed was “a room of her own and five hundred a year.” Woolf was making a […]
Happy Easter Break
Happy Easter Thesislinkers! If you’re at AUT, bear in mind that Friday 25th, Sunday 27th, Monday 28th, and Tuesday 29th March are all holidays for us. The libraries will have […]
The Science of Mental Focus
The other night, exhausted from a day of taxing thesis writing and mentally fried, I collapsed on the couch. In my half-dead state, my brain was mulling how on earth […]
Qualitative & Mixed Methods Webinars
Are you interested in learning more about qualitative or mixed methods? The University of Alberta’s International Institute for Qualitative Methodology is running two series of free webinars in 2016. The […]
Digital Tools for Research
Computers: they’re such a core part of the research process, that it’s hard to believe anyone ever looked things up like this: Most of us have gotten used to the […]
How to Handle a Withering Critique
“If you’ve never cried before, during, or after a meeting with your advisor, something is amiss.” – Dr Karen Kelsky of The Professor Is In When I signed up […]
In Defence of Occasional Desk Jobs
Have you had to fill out a form recently? Given that you’re reading this blog, I’d guess that you’re involved in some way with tertiary study. And given that you’re […]
Quality in Postgraduate Research Conference – Sponsorship Available
If you’re interested in postgraduate research, you might be interested in the Quality in Postgraduate Research (QPR) Conference in Adelaide, South Australia, from 20-22 April 2016. It’s the longest-running conference […]