Author: Katharine Hoskyn Over the weekend I walked into a fitness centre and immediately saw these two (unattributed) quotes.   They leapt off the wall. My first thought was ‘Great, that’s […]

Reading Nathan and Philippa’s articles on social media and more broadly, the relationship between digital technology and society, I could feel the hairs on my arm prickle with interest. My […]

Formulating the research question for your research is often a big challenge. I have just come across this blog post which has some useful ideas.  Click on this link to […]

Nathan raises some interesting questions about living in a networked society today and the effects social networking has on the way we socialise. However I suggest that we need to […]

Firstly, a special thanks to Dr Anna Tarrant for her wonderful article on blogging for academics. It got me thinking again about a passion of mine. Recently, when somebody asked […]

As an academic, I have been blogging for just over a year now (here) and have found it an immensely rewarding experience.I have written (‘blogged’) a lot about my social […]

This post is by Professor Elaine Rush who is a supervisor and Professor of Nutrition at AUT’s School of Sports and Recreation. She has been involved in health and education for […]

Last year I was part of a panel at the AUT writers’ retreat in Long Bay where we were asked to provide personal perspectives on our recent PhD experiences. One […]

So another year arrives and I am back in my office – mind you the sun beckons through the window and I am tempted to go outside and enjoy the […]