Finishers’ Wisdom: Tip #2 – Break it into Bits
Recent doctoral thesis finishers Emma Kelly and Wendy Moore got together at the latest AUT Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat to collate their 10 top tips for working on a PhD thesis. […]
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Finishers’ Wisdom: Tip #1 – Progress Not Perfection
Recent doctoral thesis finishers Emma Kelly and Wendy Moore got together at the latest AUT Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat to collate their 10 top tips for working on a PhD thesis. […]
Literature reviews for postgraduate students
In this video a student ponders on the challenges encountered in preparing a literature review. David Parker of the AUT Student Learning Centre highlights the importance of identifying the key […]
Approaching the literature review
Over the next two weeks we are focusing on Literature Reviews, so watch out for tips and ideas. If you have some experiences or suggestions of doing a literature review […]
April 2015 AUT Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat
The first AUT Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat of the year was held at Vaughan Park last week and proved to be another positive opportunity for thesis students to have quiet and focussed writing […]
Leaping into the Unknown
Writing a doctorate can feel a bit like ‘leaping’ into the unknown. And, sometimes we become a bit lost and feel as if we have lost our inspiration! Drawing on […]
The Viva! (aka Oral Defence, Doctoral Defence, Doctoral Examination)
By Emma Kelly In the week before your Viva you will get many pieces of sometimes contradictory advice. ‘Make your presentation absolutely watertight, you DO NOT WANT to make any […]
Throwback Thursday: Doing your Research and Keeping on Track
This post from Dr Jennie Billot first appeared here on ThesisLink in 2012. The challenge of clearly defining the research topic and planning the study is done and dusted. The […]
The Research Question
One of the first challenges that you face when starting a research project is getting the Research Question clearly identified. This process can take much longer than you think! Elisa […]
Manuscript March: If My Thesis Were a… Recipe!
It’s Friday again, you know what that means. Time for another round of IMTWA! Cooking is such a favourite procrastination activity of mine, that I sometimes think of my thesis […]
Manuscript March: If My Thesis Were a… Film Genre!
It’s Friday! Time to ease back a bit and let off a little steam. So gather ’round, thesis-writers, and let’s play a game. It’s called “If My Thesis Were A” […]
Manuscript March: Should We Write While We Read?
At primary school, you learn the “three Rs” – reading, writing, and arithmetic. I always thought that saying was deeply ironic. In order for those to be three Rs, you […]