Throwback Thursday: My research journey – Follow your heart….
This post by Professor Elaine Rush first appeared here on Thesislink in 2013 The human body is the most amazing creation and how and why it works as it does […]
New Quantitative Methodology Discussion Group
Regular Thesislink readers may remember that there are several peer groups open to postgrad students at AUT. Well if you’re doing quantitative research, you’re in luck – there’s a new […]
Doing research about the internet? Read this.
Next Thursday 4th / Friday 5th February, AUT is hosting the NZ Internet Research Forum. If you’re researching anything to do with digital or virtual worlds, you’ll want to be […]
Welcome Back Thesislinkers!
We hope you’ve had a relaxing summer… it’s been an interesting one, weather-wise. But we got enough sunny days to witness this moment of heat-beating Kiwi ingenuity: Now that 2016 […]
Merry Time Off from the AUT Postgrad Team
This is the last day of the AUT university year for 2015, so Thesislink is signing off until January. From all the team at the University Postgraduate Centre, we wish […]
How to Make the Most of the Holiday Closedown
If you’re a research student, particularly on a longer programme like the doctorate, it can be unclear where the lines of “work time” and “holiday time” are drawn. Sometimes, “work […]
My Education Is More Than My Thesis
My thesis will be bound in navy blue. It’s not finished yet, but I’ve already decided. Navy blue cover, elegant silver lettering, my name in full on the front. The […]
‘The Club’ finishes another great year
How’s this for a happy bunch of post-grads? ‘The Club’ doctoral group has now been running out South for almost two years. Here is a photo of that last meeting […]
Throwback Thursday: Research Through Dialogue
This post by Dr Jennie Billot first appeared here on Thesislink in 2012 Wisker, Robinson and Shacham, (2007) suggest that “All research is a dialogue with others” (p. 304) and […]
Alternate Academic Career Options
So you want an academic career, but you’re not sure about the traditional career path in your field? You’re not alone. Recently, a lot of attention has fallen on Alt-Ac […]
5 Things You May Not Know About Academic Careers
It’s that time of year… research projects are winding up, courses are coming to an end, and many of us are thinking forward to our next steps. If you’ve had […]
Love, Hate, and Supervision
Editor’s note: this article, published in 2015, makes reference to a previous edition of the AUT Postgraduate Handbook that is now out of date. The most recent edition can be […]