For researchers, working-from-home often means working-on-writing. If you’re tackling your thesis writing during this lockdown (and beyond), AUT Library’s Academic Writing Advisors have a range of online workshops just for you.
These four workshops are designed especially for thesis writers, and they focus on getting started; writing introduction and conclusion sections; writing discussion sections; and writing literature reviews.
You can book into any of these from elab.aut.ac.nz. Access is through Blackboard, and you’ll receive a link to the online workshop, plus computer set-up info, by email in advance.
This workshop focuses on strategies for gradually creating chapter outlines and parts of a chapter in theses or dissertations. Participants will experience strategies related to freewriting, mapping concepts, and reading. These can be used to help researchers and get words on the page and organise ideas.
| Date | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
| Tues 28 April | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Wed 6 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Mon 11 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Thurs 21 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | 5-7 |
| Wed 27 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Thurs 11 June | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Wed 17 June | 10-12 | 1-3 |
Writing introduction and conclusion sections
This workshop is for students who want an overview of the structure of Introduction and Conclusions sections of a thesis. It also identifies the functions and distinctive features of these sections in relation to the whole research project. Participants will have opportunities to analyse and discuss text examples and relate these to their own writing.
| Date | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
| Wed 29 April | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Thurs 7 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | 5-7 |
| Wed 13 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Tues 19 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Tues 26 May | 10-12 | ||
| Thurs 4 June | 10-12 | 5-7 | |
| Tues 9 June | 1-3 | ||
| Mon 15 June | 1-3 |
This workshop is for students who want an overview of the structure of discussion sections within a thesis. It also identifies the functions and distinctive features of this section in relation to the whole research project. Participants will have opportunities to analyse and discuss text examples and relate these to their own writing.
| Date | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
| Tues 5 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Thurs 14 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | 5-7 |
| Mon 18 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Thurs 28 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Wed 3 June | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Mon 8 June | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Thurs 11 June | 5-7 | ||
| Tues 16 June | 10-12 | 1-3 |
Writing Literature review sections
This workshop is for students who want an overview of the structure of literature reviews within a thesis. It also identifies the functions and distinctive features of this section in relation to the whole research project. Participants will have opportunities to analyse and discuss text examples and relate these to their own writing. This workshop does not cover systematic literature reviews.
| Date | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
| Thurs 30 April | 1-3 | 5-7 | |
| Mon 4 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Tues 12 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Wed 20 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Mon 25 May | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Thurs 28 May | 5-7 | ||
| Tues 2 June | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Wed 10 June | 10-12 | 1-3 | |
| Thurs 18 June | 1-3 | 5-7 |
