Writing Your Dedication and Acknowledgements
When it comes to writing a thesis, the chapters get most of our attention – and so they should! They are the bulk of the thesis, and they contain the […]
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Throwback Thursday: This Classic Story is Actually About PhDs
This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in January 2018. Something amazing happened this week. Twitter user and certified genius Emma Razeng discovered the secret plot of […]
Best Budget Lunches Near AUT
On those days when you’re near-broke but can’t stomach another cup of dehydrated noodles, it’s nice to know of a few cheap lunch spots near campus. Here’s your cheat sheet. […]
This Classic Story is Actually About PhDs
Something amazing happened this week. Twitter user and certified genius Emma Razeng discovered the secret plot of one of New Zealand’s most famous cinematic exports. This got me thinking… […]
Fieldwork FUN , Fieldwork FAIL, and Fieldwork SCARES
Carrying out research isn’t always glamorous or necessarily go according to plan but sometimes it’s good to reflect back on the good and the bad; and to have a laugh about […]
Top 5 Weirdest Things that People Actually Research
Do you ever look at your research and think: how did I end up in this niche? We all do, right? Research at postgraduate level and beyond has to be […]
6 Emotions to Expect on Submission Day (in GIFs)
For years now, I’ve fantasized about handing over my thesis. In my head, it would be the greatest day of my life. Birds would dress me that morning. The sun […]
Friday Fun: Top 5 Audacious Publication Pranks
What do you get when you combine brilliant minds with publication opportunities? Usually, you get articles adding to the bank of world knowledge. But occasionally, you get some pretty epic […]
Your thesis in one sentence
We here at Thesislink have noticed a recent trend towards summing up complex doctoral theses as briefly as possible. Whether they are Dumbed-Down Theses or One-Sentence Theses, these are dissertations […]
Fieldwork Fails
Scientists are getting real on Twitter lately. If you haven’t done so already, check out the glory that is #fieldworkfail. There are stories of all kinds of fabulous, unfortunate, and […]
Manuscript March: If My Thesis Were a… Viral Video!
It’s Friday. I don’t know about you, but I need a break from all the waking and writing and intellectualising that I’ve been doing all week. (Um… I read a […]
Manuscript March: 10 Secrets Known Only to Academic Writers
Despite all the writers who write about writing, there are still a few things that I think we, as a community of writers, haven’t admitted to each other. Some seem […]