Articles, tips, and notices for postgraduate research students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and beyond.
This post by University of Auckland staff member Dr Ian Brailsford first appeared on Thesislink in May 2019. Links and Postgraduate Handbook references have been updated. My favourite Jorge Chan […]
Are you in (or approaching) a period of intense writing? Do you need to be super productive? Do you want some quiet time and expert support to help you churn […]
On November 4-7 2019, twenty AUT research students attended the Graduate Research School Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat at Vaughan Park in Long Bay. They strolled the beach, attended workshops, had one-on-one […]
I know it sounds too good to be true, but this method of working helps you to spit out pages of writing. Now, I didn’t say it was perfect writing, […]
The actor/director Sir Kenneth Branagh was asked in an interview: how do you know a movie you’re directing is finished? After a moment’s pause he replied: you don’t, you abandon […]
The latest Graduate Research School Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat has just finished, and 18 writers have left the beach with pages full of new work. The weather was a bit grim […]
Being overburdened can kill productivity. Having too much (too much stuff, too many commitments, too much text) can be completely overwhelming. Paring back, reorganising, and reducing can be a great […]
This post by Robyn Kannemeyer first appeared on Thesislink in October 2016. You may think that writing a survey is easy but believe me, if you are conducting a survey […]
Applications close 26 July 2019 We invite all postgraduate research students at AUT who want dedicated writing time to apply to attend a four day writers’ retreat being held at […]
It is incredibly tricky to nail the genre of thesis-writing. Books are written about it. Learning Advisors specialise in it. Almost all research students struggle with it to some extent […]
The written thesis is its own unique genre. It is a kind of academic writing, but it’s different to undergraduate essay writing; and different to academic journal writing, too. Part […]
I’ve been resistant to software text editing tools for a long time. Partly that’s because my PhD is in English, and editing text is something I already do reasonably well. […]
