Articles, tips, and notices for postgraduate research students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and beyond.
This post by Associate Professor Georgina Stewart first appeared on Ipu Kererū, the blog of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education. It has been reposted with permission. You can […]
As we come to the end of Supervision September here on Thesislink, let’s think ahead. When you’re conducting your research and writing your thesis, the general role of your supervisors […]
As we saw in last week’s posts, the jobs of thesis student and thesis supervisor can both be full of exciting and exhausting highs and lows. Can you even imagine […]
So far this week, we’ve found out what PG students wish their supervisors knew, and the first part of what supervisors wish their PG students knew. Today, it’s time to […]
When I emailed AUT’s supervisors to ask what they wished their postgraduate students knew, I thought they’d be too busy to respond. Oh boy, I was wrong. My inbox lit […]
A few weeks ago I asked you what you wished your supervisor/s knew. Your responses were sometimes sad, sometimes heart-warming, and sometimes raw. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Here […]
If you’re looking to fund your Masters or PhD in Humanities or Social Sciences (or a related subject) then you need to apply for a Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders’ Fellowship […]
Do you have more than one supervisor? If so, do they always agree on everything? Probably not. As Neil deGrasse Tyson recently tweeted… At AUT, doctoral students have two (or […]
Supervisors write a lot of references. Whenever you apply for a job, a scholarship, an amendment to enrolment, conference funding, or any of a million other things, your supervisors’ comments […]
This post from the Graduate Research School was first published in November 2015. Editor’s note: this article makes reference to a previous edition of the AUT Postgraduate Handbook that is […]
What would your ideal supervisor be like? Would they give you lots of support, or lots of space? Would they provide direction, or let you set your own agenda? Would […]
It’s September already (how?!), and this month we’re talking about supervision. The relationship between research student and supervisor is one of the most complicated around. Sometimes it’s productive; sometimes it’s […]
