Calling all Masters students!
Calling all Masters students! There’s a writing retreat coming up in September and now is the time to think about applying. This is a great opportunity to nab four days […]
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Building a Strong Argument: Lessons from Debating
One of my favourite things about English classes at school was debating. Once a year, the class would be split into teams of three, who would face off against each […]
Throwback Thursday: Who is your reader?
This post from Dr David Parker first appeared here on Thesislink in 2012 When you are writing a thesis or a dissertation, there is always someone else in the room […]
Finishers’ Wisdom: Tip #10 – Hire a Professional Proofreader
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Start with chapter one
Author: Julia Hallas, Doctoral Candidate My supervisor recently set me an interesting challenge. She asked me to write the table of contents and chapter one first. Now you should know […]
Manuscript March: Bye for Now, and Please Write for ThesisLink!
It’s time for March, and all it’s Manuscript Madness, to come to a close. Our focus on writing is over for the time being, but there will be lots of […]
Manuscript March: A Grammar Cheat Sheet
Whether you’re an anthropologist, a biologist, a criminologist, a toxicologist, or an otorhinolaryngologist, you need to know the principles of good grammar. Here’s a quick round-up of some grammatical principles […]
Manuscript March: 10 Secrets Known Only to Academic Writers
Despite all the writers who write about writing, there are still a few things that I think we, as a community of writers, haven’t admitted to each other. Some seem […]
Manuscript March: Is There Any Such Thing as Proper English?
Anyone who has ever received written work back from a teacher has had their writing “corrected.” That swipe of indecipherable red ink on the paper implies that you’ve written something […]
Manuscript March: I’m Not a Real Writer, and Other Fallacies
I’ve spent a lot of time with postgrads. I’ve been one (at various levels) for six years. I’ve led a postgraduate association. Represented postgrads on university committees. Organised postgrad events. […]