Dr. Jill Biden and the Doctoral Title Controversy
The internet usually doesn’t pay too much attention to doctoral degrees and the people who hold them. Oh sure, we have our own corners of the web, but seldom does […]
Paid Research Assistance Work Available at AUT
You may have heard of AUT’s Health Futures initiative – a programme to fund health research that has practical real-world applications. One of the projects under this programme is all […]
Summer Operation Hours at AUT 2020-2021
As we wind down for the year, we hope that many of you can have a well-deserved break from your research. AUT will enter its summer operations period from Saturday […]
Making Life Easier for your Readers
Often, when writing a thesis (or paper, or presentation, etc.), we unconsciously adopt a writer-centric approach. By that I mean: we get so preoccupied with conveying all the information in […]
Free Writing Webinars in Dec / Jan
A little birdy tells us that some usually paid academic writing webinars are going free at the moment. Defend&Publish, a team of academic writing coaches based in the US, is […]
The Best ‘Bad’ Academic Advice I Ever Received
I had a fantastically eccentric English teacher in secondary school. She dressed like she’d just stepped off the catwalk at the Wearable Art Awards, all swirling colours and structural hats. […]
Changes to AUT Doctoral and Master of Philosophy Enrolment
Currently, doctoral and Master of Philosophy students can be admitted and enrolled into their programme on a monthly basis throughout the year. The University Postgraduate Board has determined that, from […]
We Review ‘Semantic Scholar’: An AI-Powered Literature Searching Tool
Semantic Scholar is a free literature search tool developed by the Allen Institute of AI (nicknamed AI2), a non-profit research institute. It has had a meteoric rise to prominence recently. […]
‘Pick n Mix’ Research Upskilling Next Week
Got some time to learn new things next week? The Research Bazaar 2020 ‘Pick n Mix’ edition is on, and offers lots of sessions for researchers wanting to learn about […]
A Chance to Present Your Research at AUT
Couldn’t get to a conference this year? With the borders largely closed, and many international research events cancelled or postponed, it’s been a tough year to disseminate research. However, local […]
Upcoming Workshops for the Rest of 2020
2020 is drawing slowly to a close (cue parades) and, while many of us have not been as productive or motivated as usual this year, we still have a few […]
Megan Burfoot on her 3MT Asia-Pacific Top 8 Success
AUT’s doctoral 3 Minute Thesis winner Megan Burfoot has gone on to great things… including a top 8 placing in the 2020 Asia-Pacific 3MT Finals! Megan’s achievement is all the […]