Capturing your Interviews: Some Practical Tips
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 […]
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How COVID-19 Has Affected the Careers of Doctoral Graduates in NZ
The University of Otago, in conjunction with five other New Zealand universities, has conducted a wide-ranging research project on how COVID-19 has impacted the careers of doctoral graduates. The six […]
Should You Pay for Automated Transcription?
The task of transcribing research interviews takes a frustratingly long time. Not only do you need to do the laborious work of typing out every work that is uttered on […]
Join ’23 Things’ – A Programme for Learning New Research Tools
Attention AUT doctoral students! Would you like … to expand your international network? to have exceptional doctoral experiences? to learn different technological tools for academic/research practice? Then, why not join […]
Professor Mark Orams Takes the Helm as AUT’s New Dean of the Graduate Research School
Professor Mark Orams, the incoming Dean of the Graduate Research School, gave his thoughts on his new role in conversation with the GRS’ Katie Hayward. Katie: How do you feel […]
My PhD was “For Nothing” and I Couldn’t be Happier
I once wanted to be a lecturer. I loved the idea that one day, I’d stand in front of a classroom full of impressionable young minds and nurture them, the […]
Is Statistical Significance on the Way Out?
Hold on to your hats, quantitative researchers. Last week, a trio of scientists wrote a piece in the Comments section of Nature arguing that the concept of statistical significance should […]
Smartphone Apps for Researchers
Got a smartphone in your pocket? It’s an oft-quoted fact that these amazing devices contain more computing power than NASA used to put a man on the moon in 1969. […]
New Research Support Clinics (FHES)
Are you a postgrad student in the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences? Are you based at (or near) the South campus? If so, you need to know about the […]
Do You Have Children? Get in Touch!
If you are balancing research with parenting, you are not alone. There are plenty of us out there reading articles while a baby sleeps on us, or trying to focus […]
Research Etiquette for Newbies
When I first enrolled in my research degree and rocked up to my department, I was given a key to my office… and that was it. There was no tour, […]