Articles, tips, and notices for postgraduate research students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and beyond.
AUT’s 2022 3MT Competition entrants have prepared their video presentations, and the judges have made some tough decisions in the pre-heats round. Drumroll please… the doctoral finalists are: Congratulations to […]
This post by Scott Pilkington first appeared on Thesislink in April 2020. To me, one of the biggest frustrations in doing research is that it is usually very poorly communicated, […]
How often have you heard the phrase ‘publish or perish’? It’s common advice for anyone planning a career as a researcher, and it can be a little intimidating. Perish, really? […]
This week sees the launch of AUT’s first postgraduate-led peer reviewed journal. Rangahau Aranga: AUT Graduate Review is a fully open access, peer reviewed journal featuring content from the plethora of […]
It’s one of those strange truths of academia that scholars are sometimes expected to pay in order to have their own work published. Journals can impose ‘processing charges’ or ‘editorial […]
We are thrilled to share some big news with you today: AUT is getting a new postgrad journal! Rangahau Aranga: AUT Graduate Review is a forthcoming open access, peer-reviewed journal […]
Editor’s Note: This is the last in Scott’s 5-part series on online conferences. Find Scott’s earlier articles here: Part 1 on choosing a presentation format, Part 2 on preparing an […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Want to share your research with New Zealand? The Royal Society has a competition going at the moment for Early Career Researchers (including postgraduate research students) who wish to communicate […]
Editor’s note: In this article, Scott writes about a workshop series he attended through the Science Media Centre. The workshop series is on again soon, and if you’re fast, you […]
