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New AI Transcription Tools Available for AUT Postgrads

November 20, 2025November 20, 2025 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

Got lots of interviews or focus groups to transcribe? AI tools can make the job a lot easier, but they can also be problematic. What are they doing with your […]

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What’s On in November?

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

November in Auckland: the sun is peeking out in-between storms, stressed undergraduate students navigate their exam season, and strawberries are starting to be kind-of affordable. For those of us in […]

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Throwback Thursday: Interviews vs. Surveys

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 Anaise Irvine

This post first appeared on Thesislink in January 2018. In the red corner, weighing in at a hefty time commitment and a massive transcription job, we have… INTERVIEWS! In the […]

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How Much Participant ‘Voice’ Should You Include in Your Thesis?

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 Anaise Irvine

When participants give up their time to share their views, thoughts, or experiences with you as a researcher – and especially where it takes some bravery, trust, or sacrifice for […]

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Throwback Thursday: What to Expect at an Academic Job Interview

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 Anaise Irvine

This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in July 2018. In 2021, academic job interviews may be conducted online; but many of the same principles for success […]

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Capturing your Interviews: Some Practical Tips

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 Kathryn Oxborrow

This week I had an enquiry from a student about the best approach to recording interviews, which got me thinking about this and some of the other practical aspects which […]

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Should You Pay for Automated Transcription?

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Anaise Irvine

The task of transcribing research interviews takes a frustratingly long time. Not only do you need to do the laborious work of typing out every work that is uttered on […]

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Throwback Thursday: Conducting ‘ELITE’ Interviews

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Robyn Kannemeyer

This post by Robyn Kannemeyer first appeared on Thesislink in November 2016. For my master’s research I interviewed a very diverse group of people but the people I was most […]

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Using a Chatbot for Research Participant Pre-Screening

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 Chris Griffiths

I have developed a chatbot to help me engage and screen participants in the initial stages of participant recruitment. That sounds really cool, but this is at the basic level […]

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8 Upcoming Events for Qualitative Researchers

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

If you’re a qualitative researcher, now is a great time to be at AUT. We have lots of workshops and events coming up for you over the next few weeks, […]

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What to Expect at an Academic Job Interview

July 24, 2018July 24, 2018 Anaise Irvine

We all know what a job interview entails, right? Dress nicely, shake hands, answer questions. But academic job interviews can be much, much more complicated than that. Of course, the interview […]

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Interviews vs. Surveys

January 16, 2018January 18, 2018 Anaise Irvine

In the red corner, weighing in at a hefty time commitment and a massive transcription job, we have… INTERVIEWS! In the blue corner, weighing in at a stack of paper […]

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