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Making Life Easier for your Readers

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Anaise Irvine

Often, when writing a thesis (or paper, or presentation, etc.), we unconsciously adopt a writer-centric approach. By that I mean: we get so preoccupied with conveying all the information in […]

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How I Structured My Doctoral Thesis in Format Two

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 Prabakar Parthiban

Earlier this week on Thesislink I wrote about my experiences with the writing and examination process for my doctoral thesis in Format Two (manuscript format). This post gives a bit […]

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Getting Started Writing your Thesis and Beating Writer’s Block

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 Scott Pilkington

Generally, when I sit down to write something new – whether that be my thesis or a blog post – it feels huge and daunting. I just don’t know how […]

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The Emotional Journey of Getting Supervisor Feedback

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Anaise Irvine

I was recently reminded of a dark time in my PhD. A time when my illusions were shattered, and my hopes decimated. A time when I was elated to have […]

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Throwback Thursday: Ideas for Structuring Your Thesis or Dissertation

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 Ian Brailsford

This post by University of Auckland staff member Dr Ian Brailsford first appeared on Thesislink in May 2019. Links and Postgraduate Handbook references have been updated. My favourite Jorge Chan […]

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Shut Up and Write: AKA How to Turn Nothing into Writing

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Scott Pilkington

I know it sounds too good to be true, but this method of working helps you to spit out pages of writing. Now, I didn’t say it was perfect writing, […]

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Why Being Almost at the Word Count Doesn’t Mean You’re Almost Done

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 Anaise Irvine

Last week we posted about when to let your thesis go; about how to know when it’s good enough and when you can finally release it to the world. It’s […]

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Throwback Thursday: When to let your thesis go?

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 Ian Brailsford

The actor/director Sir Kenneth Branagh was asked in an interview: how do you know a movie you’re directing is finished? After a moment’s pause he replied: you don’t, you abandon […]

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Writing as a Not-Quite-Yet-Expert

June 28, 2019July 1, 2019 Anaise Irvine

It is incredibly tricky to nail the genre of thesis-writing. Books are written about it. Learning Advisors specialise in it. Almost all research students struggle with it to some extent […]

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Upcoming PG Writing Workshops

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

The written thesis is its own unique genre. It is a kind of academic writing, but it’s different to undergraduate essay writing; and different to academic journal writing, too. Part […]

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An English PhD-Holder Reviews Grammarly

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 Anaise Irvine

I’ve been resistant to software text editing tools for a long time. Partly that’s because my PhD is in English, and editing text is something I already do reasonably well. […]

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Ideas for Structuring Your Thesis or Dissertation

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019 Ian Brailsford

My favourite Jorge Chan ‘PhD Comic’ is titled Writing your thesis outline. Structuring your research thesis or dissertation is an inexact science and there are different ways of breaking it […]

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