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Learn on your Lunch Break

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 Anaise Irvine

In a postgrad research programme your whole job is about learning: learning from others’ research, learning from your own research, and helping others to learn. But typically, all that learning […]

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The Science of When to Work

April 24, 2018June 11, 2018 Anaise Irvine

When do you do your research and writing? With so many research students juggling jobs, childcare, and other responsibilities, we often can’t put in a standard 9-5 day. In a […]

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Throwback Thursday: The Science of Mental Focus

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in March 2016.   The other night, exhausted from a day of taxing thesis writing and mentally fried, I collapsed […]

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Brain Hacks for Better Writing

March 14, 2017March 21, 2017 Anaise Irvine

Writers’ block is real, and it really sucks. There’s nothing worse than the feeling of time ticking away as you stare pointlessly at a screen, unable to make blank space […]

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Juggling and Resilience – Is there a connection?

October 20, 2016October 20, 2016 Robyn Kannemeyer

Do you know anyone that is good at juggling 3-4 objects at a time? Chances are, this person is also calm and alert under pressure. Being able to juggle requires […]

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Emotional Intelligence! Can it help reduce stress?

October 19, 2016 Robyn Kannemeyer

If you are currently feeling stressed you may decide not to read this post but if you do then you might learn some useful tips on how to reframe your […]

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Why we don’t write and what to do about it

August 23, 2016August 23, 2016 Julia Hallas

Procrastination means ‘belonging to tomorrow’. So when you delay writing today, you are creating more work for tomorrow. Unfortunately this delay creates a gap between your intention and your action. […]

Reading for Keeps

April 21, 2016August 1, 2016 Anaise Irvine

I just performed a very unscientific study of thesis bibliographies. Of the last 5 doctoral theses published to ProQuest, there were an average of 333 entries per bibliography.* That’s an […]

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The Science of Mental Focus

March 22, 2016April 5, 2018 Anaise Irvine

The other night, exhausted from a day of taxing thesis writing and mentally fried, I collapsed on the couch. In my half-dead state, my brain was mulling how on earth […]

My Education Is More Than My Thesis

December 10, 2015August 1, 2016 Anaise Irvine

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 […]

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Can “Eureka” Moments be Manufactured?

August 3, 2015August 1, 2016 Anaise Irvine

Thomas Edison famously said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Funnily enough, that is exactly the calculation I have made of my doctoral research. 99% is: reading dense […]

Your Brain on Notes

June 23, 2015August 1, 2016 Anaise Irvine

If you are reading this, you are probably a postgraduate student. And if you’re a postgraduate student, you probably did well as an undergraduate. Which means you’re probably an experienced […]

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