Articles, tips, and notices for postgraduate research students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and beyond.
Kia ora graduate research students We await further information from Government regarding how this lockdown period will proceed. For Auckland, this information will be available late afternoon, Monday 30 August. […]
Kia ora koutou. We hope everyone is safe and well in their bubbles. We just wanted to remind you that we have an online event coming up next week that […]
Kia ora graduate research students As we expect you know, New Zealand is now at COVID-19 Alert Level 4 for an initial period of three days. Auckland and the Coromandel […]
Setting aside dedicated time for writing can be hugely beneficial in terms of productivity and can give your momentum a boost as well if you are involved in a big […]
The AUT Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) finals are coming up next month on 3rd September. 3MT is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland and involves participants […]
Following on from a recent post about recording interviews, some questions were raised about transcription. Transcription is a topic that on the surface seems quite practically focussed, in terms of […]
This post first appeared on Thesislink in October 2017. In one of my thesis drafts, I wrote that most people would disapprove of the exploitation of marginalised groups. I didn’t […]
Distractions are a perennial issue for research students. Working on such a large project over a long period of time can feel overwhelming, and our brains can sometimes deal with […]
This is a reminder from our friends at AUT Ventures and Student Success that X Challenge The Accelerator is closing soon. To learn more check out their earlier post here. […]
This is the third post in our series introducing you to the teams behind the scenes at GRS, focussing on the Examinations team. The Graduate Research School (GRS) Examinations team […]
This week I had an enquiry from a student about the best approach to recording interviews, which got me thinking about this and some of the other practical aspects which […]
People will often tell you that the PhD journey is often a tale of the unexpected: rarely the linear route that you might hope for or anticipate when you start […]
