Keeping Motivated on your Research during Lockdown
Right now, along with several other countries around the world, Aotearoa is in lockdown and people are confined to their own homes. Maintaining motivation to work on your research can […]
Full Workshops & Webinars Available Online
Got some time to upskill during the COVID-19 lockdown? Obviously we can’t get together for seminars or workshops right now. But there are other options for learning new research skills. […]
Which Tech Tools Can You Use to…
People all over the world are doing some very rapid tech upskilling right now. Zoom is suddenly ubiquitous, and even committed technophobes are starting to use Microsoft Teams. For research […]
Throwback Thursday: Beating Online Procrastination
This post first appeared on Thesislink in June 2018. It seems particularly apt as a Throwback Thursday post right now since many of us are spending our entire work lives […]
COVID-19 Info for Research Students: Update #3
This Update #3 from our team here at the Graduate Research School provides further information about matters relevant to research students resulting from the COVID-19 New Zealand government Alert Level […]
AUT Resources to Help You Through the Lockdown
Hello from our homes to yours! We are now in day 2 of the national lockdown, and many people are adjusting to a new normal and a new way of […]
COVID-19 Info for Research Students: Update #2
Our team at the Graduate Research School are aware that this is a very challenging time for our research students, their whanau and wider support networks. This update follows our […]
COVID-19: Info for AUT Research Students
New Zealand has had a relatively low incidence of COVID-19 (coronavirus) infections so far, with only 20 confirmed cases as of 19 March 2020. However, this is an ever-changing situation, […]
Calling all Female PhD Students in the Sciences
You may have heard of the ‘For Women in Science’ awards and fellowships offered by UNESCO in partnership with L’Oréal. These prizes are awarded to women who have demonstrated excellence […]
Reflections of a Muslim Student One Year after New Zealand’s Darkest Day
After the terrorist attacks on Christchurch mosques on March 15th 2019, AUT Muslim doctoral candidate Najmah Usman wrote two posts for Thesislink giving her reflections. Here, writing with her husband […]
The Emotional Journey of Getting Supervisor Feedback
I was recently reminded of a dark time in my PhD. A time when my illusions were shattered, and my hopes decimated. A time when I was elated to have […]
Postgraduate Research Advisory Group: Tell Us What You Think!
Got opinions about postgraduate research support at AUT? Great! We want to hear them! AUT’s Postgraduate Research Advisory Group (PRAG) acts a channel through which postgraduate research students can communicate […]