Try Out a Peer Mentoring Group
Did you know that there is a network of peer mentoring groups for postgraduate students at AUT? These are groups that meet up to support one another, give and receive […]
Plan Your Postgrad Week Activities!
Postgrad Week starts in just 6 short days! We are so excited to get everybody together to learn, talk, network, and share our research. (The free food is just a […]
Throwback Thursday: A networking breakfast with Dr Lyn Lavery
This post about Dr Lyn Lavery’s talk at the PG Week Welcome Breakfast first appeared on Thesislink in August 2015. This year’s PG Week Welcome Breakfast on Monday August 14 […]
Whispers from the 2017 3MT Judges’ Room
I’ve been involved with the 3 Minute Thesis competition for many years; first as a competitor and finalist, and now as a promoter and score-keeper. Quite often, at the end […]
Find PG Docs at the New “AUT Resources” Page
There’s a lot to keep track of when you’re a PG student. Let us help make your life a little bit easier by keeping all your commonly-used documents in one […]
What Do You Wish Your Supervisor/s Knew?
While most supervisors are willing to have an honest chat here and there, it can be hard to be completely honest. Let’s face it: supervisors have a lot of power, […]
The Value of Talking to Family & Friends about your Research
Postgraduate research is so, so specific. Your research might be about the physics of the movement of bees’ wings in flight. Or security protocols for cloud storage providers. Or the […]
Pro Tips for Opening a Thesis Chapter
A thesis is a long and complex document that often presents very difficult and challenging ideas. Breaking those ideas down into easily digestible chunks – i.e. chapters – will help […]
Explaining a difficult concept
As Albert Einstein so aptly put it, “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”. Sometimes we can become so bogged down in the detail that […]
Books For and About Postgrads
Whether you’re considering enrolling for postgrad study, or you’re several years into a postgrad research project, there are resources out there to help you through each stage of your postgrad […]
Last Days to be in to Win Great Prizes at 3MT
Entries for the AUT 3 Minute Thesis competition close on Monday, people! That means you have just one weekend to get your entry form in. You can find lots more […]
Throwback Thursday: Preparing for the AUT 3MT Competition
This post by Jesse Pirini, past 3MT winner, first appeared on Thesislink in 2012. Jesse is now a postdoctoral fellow, and will give a talk at the PG Week Welcome […]