‘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 […]
Articles, tips, and notices for postgraduate research students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and beyond.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
If you were thinking of signing up for the Research Accelerator programme (but the deadline flew by too quickly) you’ll be pleased to know that we’re keeping applications open for […]
Kia ora Graduate Research Students, Throughout our various and rather labile Alert Level impositions, graduate research students have persevered. The Graduate Research School (GRS) acknowledges your tenacity. Hundreds of students […]
Happy Open Access Week, everybody! This week celebrates the principle of free, open scholarship; and the scholars, librarians, and advocates who are working hard to make open access a reality. […]
Editor’s note: This post was first published in October 2020; references to the AUT Postgraduate Handbook have since been updated for the 2022 edition. The acknowledgements section of a thesis […]
If we had to pick one word to describe doing research in 2020, we’d pick: disrupted. This has been an incredibly challenging time for researchers; with border closures, physical distancing, […]
When you’re gearing up to submit your thesis, it’s natural to wonder about the examiners. While the examination criteria for master’s and doctoral theses are spelt out in black and […]
It’s impossible to express with mere words how keenly many research students anticipate the moment of thesis submission. After months or years of work – the planning, the reading, the […]
If your research might have commercial applications, you’ve probably got some questions about IP (intellectual property). The team at AUT Ventures has lots of experience turning research into business opportunities, […]