Staying Safe as a Researcher
Editor’s Note: this post discusses physical and emotional safety, and includes mention of death & dying, miscarriages & abortion, transphobia & homophobia, and violent threats to people. Please read with […]
mental health
Essential Advice from “How to get a PhD: A handbook for students and their supervisors”
As I near the final stage of my PhD journey, I recently reread the book How to get a PhD: A handbook for students and their supervisors by Dr. Phillips […]
Mental Health Awareness Week @ AUT
Working toward a research degree can be incredibly rewarding… and incredibly challenging. This is a unique stage of life in which we’re pursuing the noble goal of performing complex research […]
On Mental Health and Taking Time out to Feed the Ducks
It’s important to look after your mental health during a research degree. There is a very high rate of mental ill health among PhD students, the Nature PhD Survey 2019 […]
Embracing Challenge and Change in the COVID-19 era
A personal message to AUT Graduate Research Students from the Dean of the Graduate Research School This situation we find ourselves in is a major disruption. Things are not as […]
This too shall pass: Practicing mindfulness in this pandemic
A version of this article by AUT doctoral student Renu Sikka previously appeared in Ako, the journal of the New Zealand Educational Institute. It is adapted here with permission. When […]
The Fractured Postgrad Identity
“I am one of the lucky and privileged few to make it to this level; destined to sit amongst the top 1% most educated people in the world. My parents […]
New Postgrad Student Connections Group
By Amanda Lees, AUT Counsellor AUT offers several groups and numerous activities throughout the year for research students (those involved in producing a thesis). Many of these groups have an […]