Are you suffering from ABMTS – “anything but my thesis syndrome”? Does writing loom over your head like an ominous black cloud? You are not alone! It does seem way […]

Hey Everyone, Check out the Symposium photos on Facebook!

As usual this was a great event. Congratulations to Jesse Pirini for winning the 3 min thesis competition! I was talking to another student where I work and he said […]

On Tuesday 28 August 2012, the University Postgraduate Centre hosted its 6th annual Postgraduate Symposium in the AUT Conference Centre. Professor Richard Bedford, Pro Vice Chancellor (Research) opened the Symposium […]

Having been a part time PhD student for four years now,I have presented both locally and internationally to various conferences. I know there’s always a debate about how much we […]

A ‘cautionary tale’ of a person unexpectedly finding his thesis was for sale while searching Google appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education on 25 July, 2012.   “A Google search […]

Over the years I’ve been involved with post-graduate research I’ve heard many horror stories of lost files. Computers get stolen, or crash. Memory sticks get lost, or even broken. External […]

Check out this great blog post on a topic that challenges many researchers.  There are also links to two relevant papers. Click on the link provided: http://thesiswhisperer.com/2012/07/26/theory-anxiety/

The standard advice for some years has been to not include a photo on your CV. Why? Because although you are sending your CV in the hope of getting a […]

You are may be very busy concentrating on your research, perhaps undertaking data collection or writing a chapter of the thesis, but how about considering writing a paper? It can […]

This is the thing I hear most often. It can be tough for PhD students to stay above the poverty line– travel can seem way out of reach. There are […]

The short answers to get organized. The longer answer goes like this. Time – you never have enough of it.  So how can you make the most of it? There […]