Postgrad Parents: Stephanie-Anne Croft
Stephanie contributed this article on her strategies for combining research with motherhood. Thank you Stephanie! “Reserved for The Best Mum Ever!” read the sign written neatly in pink, green […]
Stephanie contributed this article on her strategies for combining research with motherhood. Thank you Stephanie! “Reserved for The Best Mum Ever!” read the sign written neatly in pink, green […]
Claire Gear is a distance student doing her PhD research on responding to intimate partner violence in primary health care. She is also a mum to two boys aged 5 […]
Diana Albarran Gonzalez moved to New Zealand with her family because her ex-partner got a job here. She found part-time work as a lecturer, got her daughter set up in […]
It’s no secret that doing a research degree is incredibly challenging. It’s also no secret that parenting is a mammoth and life-consuming responsibility. So taking on both of these challenges […]
Regular readers will be aware that I’ve gone through the doctoral thesis-writing journey over the past few years, and that I submitted and passed my oral exam recently. It was […]
This post by Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in July 2015. I noticed something recently. A lot of academic wisdom can have multiple meanings. Things that we are told […]
If you are balancing research with parenting, you are not alone. There are plenty of us out there reading articles while a baby sleeps on us, or trying to focus […]
In the years I spent writing my Masters and PhD theses, I never felt like I experienced writer’s block. Oh, I got stuck, for sure. But the term ‘writer’s block’ […]
Got a conference or seminar presentation coming up? If so, you’re probably familiar with the stomach butterflies that tickle many of us before a speaking engagement. We spoke to some […]
When I first enrolled in my research degree and rocked up to my department, I was given a key to my office… and that was it. There was no tour, […]
With Cyclone Cook now bearing down on us, Auckland is facing a very wet and windy holiday weekend. This is a potentially serious storm – MetService has issued a severe […]
A hardworking group of postgraduate research students has recently returned from the April Writing Retreat hosted by AUT’s Graduate Research School. Writing retreats are like an intensive clinic for your […]