Articles, tips, and notices for postgraduate research students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and beyond.
This post first appeared here on Thesislink on 30 October 2013 but the Manchester phrasebank is still a useful writing tool today. Author: David Parker, Student Learning Centre/Puna Aronui, AUT University Do […]
You may think that writing a survey is easy but believe me, if you are conducting a survey and you want to obtain data which is meaningful and straightforward to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
