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Throwback Thursday: How to Disagree (Diplomatically)

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 Anaise Irvine

This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in June 2018. Have you ever read a scholarly article or book and thought: what utter rot! If so: good. […]

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The Best ‘Bad’ Academic Advice I Ever Received

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Anaise Irvine

I had a fantastically eccentric English teacher in secondary school. She dressed like she’d just stepped off the catwalk at the Wearable Art Awards, all swirling colours and structural hats. […]

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Research Funding & Grants 101

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Anaise Irvine

For many people, our postgraduate years are our first introduction to one of the more complex aspects of academic life. For some it’s an exciting treasure hunt. For others, a […]

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What is your Thesis ‘In’?

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 Anaise Irvine

As an undergrad, it’s easily to communicate what you’re studying. You ‘major in’ a particular subject. You take courses that are prescribed for that major, you graduate with a degree […]

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The Fractured Postgrad Identity

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 Anaise Irvine

“I am one of the lucky and privileged few to make it to this level; destined to sit amongst the top 1% most educated people in the world. My parents […]

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Tertiary Teaching in NZ: Work Conditions 101

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 Anaise Irvine

If you’ve been following the news, you’ll be aware that primary and secondary school teachers went on a ‘mega-strike’ recently to protest against their pay and working conditions. Given that […]

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Throwback Thursday: Research and Socioeconomic Privilege

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 Anaise Irvine

This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in April 2016. The writer Virginia Woolf famously said that in order to write, all a woman needed was “a […]

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Throwback Thursday: Your Mega Academic Acronyms Glossary

February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

This post from the Graduate Research School was first published in February 2016. We have updated it to make it current for 2019.   Universities are enormous institutions. Academia as […]

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10 Quirky Academic Gift Ideas

November 30, 2018 Anaise Irvine

With the season of shopping and consumerism now upon us, we’ve started thinking about gifts that will satisfy and delight the academics in our lives. You may like to pick […]

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Friday Fun: Pets of Academia

September 21, 2018 Anaise Irvine

OK, it’s Friday, we’re all tired and in need of a pick-me-up. What better to lift our spirits than a round-up of the assorted cute fluffy friends who have played […]

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What to Expect at an Academic Job Interview

July 24, 2018July 24, 2018 Anaise Irvine

We all know what a job interview entails, right? Dress nicely, shake hands, answer questions. But academic job interviews can be much, much more complicated than that. Of course, the interview […]

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What Does Graduation Regalia Signify?

June 11, 2018June 12, 2018 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

If you are deep in thesis-writing mode, you are probably dreaming of the moment you don your robe and hat for that glorious march across the stage to receive your […]

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