Making professional connections via email
Imagine this scenario – you need information and you start to write a formal email but you don’t know the person or organisation to which you are writing. How do […]
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2016 Masters Writing Retreat
Another productive UPC writing retreat has come to a close. From 30 August to 2 September, a group of Masters students enjoyed the tranquility of Vaughan Park Retreat Centre as […]
Throwback Thursday: Are you just stuck or are you really scared of writing?
We first featured this post from Julia Hallas in 2013. This post features in our top 5 posts, found in the footer of the new design. If you’re experiencing procrastination, […]
Just How Precise do Researchers Need to Be?
I remember once submitting an undergraduate ethics essay that I was really proud of. I had researched it thoroughly. I had expressed my ideas (I thought) elegantly. It was tightly […]
Throwback Thursday: Writing Skills
This article by Dr David Parker first appeared here on Thesislink in 2012. John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, diplomat, and public intellectual, was renowned for the clarity of his writing. Using […]
What Can Academic Writers Learn from Novelists?
‘Tis true, the job of an academic writer is very different from that of a novelist. But when you come right down to it, we’re all putting pen to paper […]
Apply to attend the April 2016 UPC Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat
Monday 18 April to Thursday 21 April 2016 Closing date for applications to be submitted is Friday 18 March 2016 We invite all postgraduate research students at AUT who want dedicated writing […]
Naïve Thoughts I’ve Had About Writing
I’m currently polishing up a PhD thesis, and I already hold a Masters. I’m a reasonably experienced academic writer by now. But when I think back on some of my […]
November 2015 AUT Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat
The final writers’ retreat for 2015 was held on Nov 2-5 at Vaughan Park in Long Bay. Vaughan Park was beautiful as always, the beach provided an excellent spot for […]
Defensive Writing
You’ve heard of defensive driving, right? It’s a way of approaching good driving that goes beyond simply following the road code. Defensive drivers anticipate that something bad could happen at […]
Who are you writing for?
How many people will read your thesis? It’s the impossible question. A few examiners, at least. Your supervisors. Is that all? Maybe a devoted spouse or family member? Possibly one […]
New Writing Guides Available
While many postgraduate students are confident writers, some writing tasks still provide their own specific challenges. There are certain pieces of work which take any postgraduate writer out of the […]