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Throwback Thursday: Journalling to Make Progress on Really Difficult Problems

April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 Anaise Irvine

This article first appeared on Thesislink in July 2020. I’ve been grappling with a Really Difficult Problem (RDP) on a project lately. You know the kind: necessary to deal with […]

GRS Dean’s Update

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

Kia ora Graduate Students, Welcome back to semester 2. We are fortunate in Aotearoa to be back conducting day-to-day business within our borders relatively unencumbered by the ravages of the […]

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Journalling to Make Progress on Really Difficult Problems

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Anaise Irvine

I’ve been grappling with a Really Difficult Problem (RDP) on a project lately. You know the kind: necessary to deal with in order to make progress, but frustratingly complicated and […]

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Embracing Challenge and Change in the COVID-19 era

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 Mark Orams

A personal message to AUT Graduate Research Students from the Dean of the Graduate Research School This situation we find ourselves in is a major disruption. Things are not as […]

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Explaining a difficult concept

July 12, 2017July 13, 2017 Robyn Kannemeyer

As Albert Einstein so aptly put it, “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”. Sometimes we can become so bogged down in the detail that […]

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Do You Have Children? Get in Touch!

May 2, 2017 Anaise Irvine

If you are balancing research with parenting, you are not alone. There are plenty of us out there reading articles while a baby sleeps on us, or trying to focus […]

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When Life Stress and Thesis Stress Conspire Against You

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017 Anaise Irvine

For the past few years, I have had two main kinds of stress. Thesis Stress (TS), I’m sure, is familiar to anyone reading this. That’s when your research demands too […]

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A View from a Wellington Doctoral Window

February 23, 2017February 23, 2017 Robyn Kannemeyer

I recently learnt that the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has Doctoral students all over New Zealand. At first I was surprised but I quickly realised that with the variety […]

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Presenting your Research Proposal – PGR9 Advice from a Doctoral Student

December 6, 2016 Robyn Kannemeyer

When I first started working at AUT everyone kept talking about PGR9s – I had no idea what this was but now I know… All doctoral students at AUT must […]

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Doctoral student shares her thoughts on postgraduate studies and assisting women in Kurdistan

November 8, 2016 Robyn Kannemeyer

Ashleigh AIi returns to her homeland, Kurdistan next week for a couple of months. Before she left, I spoke to her about life as a postgraduate student at AUT (Auckland […]

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Dreaded, Definitive, DEADLINES!

October 28, 2016 Robyn Kannemeyer

 ‘Deadline’ (ded-lahyn) noun the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o’clock deadline. a line or limit that must not be […]

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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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