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Over 6,000 PhD students were surveyed worldwide. Here’s what they said.

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 Anaise Irvine

Nature has recently released the results of its biggest ever survey of PhD students. More than 6,000 respondents from all over the world* answered questions about their job satisfaction, their […]

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Welcome Home: ‘Reverse Culture Shock’ after International Study in NZ

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 Najmah Usman

Four years ago, when I left Indonesia with my family to start my PhD in Auckland, I needed to adapt to a new culture, climate, and Western academic system. I […]

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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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Twenty Years On: Reflections on Postgraduate Study

July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Ian Brailsford

Dr. Ian Brailsford is a Learning Advisor at the University of Auckland, specialising in postgraduate research skills. This year’s FIFA World Cup marks the twentieth anniversary of my frantic efforts […]

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Throwback Thursday: Your Academic Credentials Are Better Than You Think

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

This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in February 2016.   I used to look at samples of academic CVs and sigh wistfully, thinking mine could never […]

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Throwback Thursday: The Myth of the Perfect Postgrad

June 8, 2017 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in July 2015. Do you judge everything you do against some imagined ideal? Do you hold yourself to impossibly high […]

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Five Surprises from my Oral Exam

February 6, 2017February 7, 2017 Anaise Irvine

I passed my oral exam recently – woohoo! No more thesis tweaking! No more exam anxiety! Bring on the leisure reading! The experience of the exam was quite different from […]

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Throwback Thursday – Need a Transcribing App?

November 30, 2016December 1, 2016 Julia Hallas

This post first appeared here on Thesislink on 20 November 2014. The transcribe app is still available free but note that the prices for transcribing your data are in US dollars. Recently […]

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Getting to the End of your Thesis Journey

November 29, 2016 Robyn Kannemeyer

This post is written by Arien Hielkema (pictured below) With the final months of your academic journey coming to a close, it is perhaps topical to talk about some key learnings […]

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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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Throwback Thursday: Are you just stuck or are you really scared of writing?

August 4, 2016 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

We first featured this post from Julia Hallas in 2013. This post features in our top 5 posts, found in the footer of the new design. If you’re experiencing procrastination, […]

In Defence of Occasional Desk Jobs

February 19, 2016August 1, 2016 Anaise Irvine

Have you had to fill out a form recently? Given that you’re reading this blog, I’d guess that you’re involved in some way with tertiary study. And given that you’re […]

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