Surviving the lit review
At the very beginning, my idea of doing a literature review was like this; Read some literature, read some more literature, ponder, read some more literature, read some more literature, […]
2013 HERDSA Conference
AUT University is proud to host the 36th annual conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia – to be held in […]
Library Staff Development Day, Friday 12 July, 12pm onwards
The AUT Campus Libraries will be closed on Friday 12 July from 12.00pm onwards where there will be no Library staff member available during that time. This will not affect […]
Research Roundtable: 2-4pm, Thursday 27th June in WH415, Level 4, WH Building, AUT City Campus
Authors: Guillaume Tiberghien & Dominik Huber, PhD Candidates in Tourism (AUT) Join the Research Roundtable and listen to Nadia Kalbaska for the 4th Research Roundtable. Nadia is currently a PhD […]
Open Home: AUT Scholarly Commons
Author: Jean Walker, AUT Library This classic Kiwi ad for domestic tourism had the tagline ‘Don’t leave town till you’ve seen the country’. That was good advice for New Zealanders […]
A guide to presenting empirical research
Author: Professor John Bitchener Once the research is over, the question of exactly how to write each chapter of a thesis or dissertation remains. This invaluable guide introduces first-time thesis […]
Māori or Pasifika postgraduate students Reading Group blog
Author: Ena Manuireva This reading group is about the critical reading of the word/world around us. The reading of the word could mean, but is not exclusive to: academic articles; […]
Inspired quotes…
Author: Katharine Hoskyn Over the weekend I walked into a fitness centre and immediately saw these two (unattributed) quotes. They leapt off the wall. My first thought was ‘Great, that’s […]
Be in it to win it: Have your say and complete the Thesislink survey!
Hello, Thesislink members. The Thesislink survey closing date has been extended until Friday 14th June 2013 to allow you more time to tell us what you like about Thesislink, what you want more of, […]
The experience of participating in a Research Writing Retreat
Author: Maggie Buxton, PhD Candidate The tide is coming in rippling across the sand in hazy shades of white, blue and grey. I am writing this on the last morning […]
The adventure of exploration…
Author: Daniel Reader (Master of Engineering student) When all of the fun of experiments, interviews, design, development, and research is over, the writing remains. And it is, I think, universally […]
AUT Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat (13th-16th May, 2013)
The 3rd Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat was held at Vaughan Park last week and proved to be another positive opportunity for thesis students to have quiet and focussed writing time. The […]