Throwback Thursday: So You’ve Submitted… Now What?
This article by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in October 2020. Links and page references have been updated. Hat tip to Dr Reem Abbas for the idea for […]
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October 28, 2020: COVID-19 update for research students
Kia ora Graduate Research Students, Throughout our various and rather labile Alert Level impositions, graduate research students have persevered. The Graduate Research School (GRS) acknowledges your tenacity. Hundreds of students […]
So You’ve Submitted… Now What?
It’s impossible to express with mere words how keenly many research students anticipate the moment of thesis submission. After months or years of work – the planning, the reading, the […]
GRS Dean’s Update
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 […]
COVID-19 Info for Research Students: Update #8
Kia ora Graduate Research Students, We hope this week’s update finds you well and optimistic about the opportunity to return to some normality (or a new form of it) under […]
Why Being Almost at the Word Count Doesn’t Mean You’re Almost Done
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 […]
What Does Graduation Regalia Signify?
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 […]
The Doable Thesis: Finishing and Graduating
Regular readers will be aware that I’ve gone through the doctoral thesis-writing journey over the past few years, and that I submitted and passed my oral exam recently. It was […]
Finishers’ Wisdom: Tip #3 – Positive Visualization
Recent doctoral thesis finishers Emma Kelly and Wendy Moore got together at the latest AUT Postgraduate Writers’ Retreat to collate their 10 top tips for working on a PhD thesis. […]