MS Word is Not the Only Digital Tool in the Postgraduate Journey
Yes, Microsoft Word is the most frequently used digital tool in most people’s postgraduate journey – but in order to make full use of digital technologies, there is a whole […]
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PG Workshops Coming Up in August
Welcome to August! It’s a good month to be a postgrad student at AUT. We have a huuuuuuge selection of workshops coming up, with a special focus on writing. Check […]
New Avenues to Publish in Springer Nature and Wiley Journals
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 […]
‘Impact Series’ Workshops Start This Thursday
Our friends at AUT Ventures specialize in helping researchers take their research beyond the books and labs, and out into the world. They are offering a new Impact Series of […]
Which PG Workshops Are Online in Red?
Need some training, but not sure what you can access right now? Good news: most (in fact, pretty much all) of your usual AUT PG workshops are available online during […]
What Would You Like to Know about Commercialising Research?
A lot of research has the potential for practical application and, often, commercialisation. In fact, the mighty Google itself was a business borne out of PhD research. It can sometimes […]
Learn Systematic Literature Searching and More with Online Library Workshops
Our friends at the AUT Library are offering some online workshops next month designed to help you succeed with searching and managing your literature. New or returning PG students should […]
Mental Health Awareness Week @ AUT
Working toward a research degree can be incredibly rewarding… and incredibly challenging. This is a unique stage of life in which we’re pursuing the noble goal of performing complex research […]
Distractions and Opportunities
Distractions Kia ora koutou, hope everyone is doing as well as possible in these trying times. As researchers we are often thinking about ways to avoid distractions but sometimes a […]
Behind the Scenes at the Graduate Research School 1: Researcher Development
This is the first in a short series introducing you to the teams behind the scenes at GRS. The three teams are: Researcher Development Policy and Progressions Examinations This first […]
Library Workshops Coming up in the First Half of Semester Two
The library team have a great suite of workshops lined up for the first half of Semester 2. These workshops cover some key areas for researchers, such as reference management […]
On Mental Health and Taking Time out to Feed the Ducks
It’s important to look after your mental health during a research degree. There is a very high rate of mental ill health among PhD students, the Nature PhD Survey 2019 […]