What’s On in February for PG Students?
A huge and very warm welcome to those new postgrads joining AUT this month! The academic year is well & truly gearing up now, and Orientation Week from 16-20 Feb […]
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PG Events & Workshops in October
As we enter the final quarter of the year, we hope your research is going well – and that those of you finishing your programme in 2024 are holding up […]
Feeling Confused about Literature Review Types?
If ever there was a maze of terminology, then the realm of literature review types is one. It seems that lecturers, supervisors, and journals in specific disciplines may all mean […]
Upskill in August: PG Workshops & Events
In August we are wishing the very best of luck to all our 3 Minute Thesis entrants, who are competing in the heats this month. The finals will be held […]
We Test 3 Tools for Visually ‘Mapping’ your Research Area
If you’re a visual person, the text-heavy terrain of academic research can be a foreign landscape. Piles of papers promise deep insights into your research area, but sometimes it’s hard […]
Library Workshops Coming up in the First Half of Semester Two
The library team have a great suite of workshops lined up for the first half of Semester 2. These workshops cover some key areas for researchers, such as reference management […]
Can You Work ‘Too Hard’ on a Thesis?
Achieving a masters or doctoral degree is supposed to be challenging. It should take a lot of time and intensive effort. That’s how you gain expertise, and that’s how you […]
New Academic Writing Videos Available
AUT Library’s Postgraduate Learning Advisors have created a range of new videos on how to write your discussion and literature review sections, how to position your research, and tools for […]
AUT Library Research Workshops Available Now
Did you know that AUT’s Library has a dedicated research support team? They’re offering a flurry of workshops for PG students in April-May, so now is a great to time […]
Throwback Thursday: How to Disagree (Diplomatically)
This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in June 2018. Have you ever read a scholarly article or book and thought: what utter rot! If so: good. […]
We Review ‘Semantic Scholar’: An AI-Powered Literature Searching Tool
Semantic Scholar is a free literature search tool developed by the Allen Institute of AI (nicknamed AI2), a non-profit research institute. It has had a meteoric rise to prominence recently. […]
How I Structured My Doctoral Thesis in Format Two
Editor’s note: this article, published in 2020, makes reference to a previous edition of the AUT Postgraduate Handbook that is now out of date. The most recent edition can be […]