Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Research
  • AUT Resources
  • Events
  • Video

Thesislink

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

motivation

Throwback Thursday

[Throwback Thursday] Getting Started Writing your Thesis and Beating Writer’s Block

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 Scott Pilkington

This post by Scott Pilkington first appeared on Thesislink in May 2020. Some information and links have been updated in this version. Generally, when I sit down to write something […]

Research

‘Does Any of this Even Matter?’ Crises of Faith in Research

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 Anaise Irvine

Every so often, during my masters & doctoral research, I’d have what (in retrospect) was a crisis of faith. I’d take a step back, think about my research as a […]

Write

Getting Started Writing your Thesis and Beating Writer’s Block

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 Scott Pilkington

Generally, when I sit down to write something new – whether that be my thesis or a blog post – it feels huge and daunting. I just don’t know how […]

Research

Keeping Motivated on your Research during Lockdown

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 Scott Pilkington

Right now, along with several other countries around the world, Aotearoa is in lockdown and people are confined to their own homes. Maintaining motivation to work on your research can […]

Write

Throwback Thursday: 10 Secrets Known Only to Academic Writers

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 Anaise Irvine

This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in March 2015. Despite all the writers who write about writing, there are still a few things that I think […]

Research

Throwback Thursday: A Page of YES!

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in July 2015. It’s easy to get bogged down in the stress of a big research project. So today, Thesislink […]

Connect

Doctoral student shares her thoughts on postgraduate studies and assisting women in Kurdistan

November 8, 2016 Robyn Kannemeyer

Ashleigh AIi returns to her homeland, Kurdistan next week for a couple of months. Before she left, I spoke to her about life as a postgraduate student at AUT (Auckland […]

Research

Emotional Intelligence! Can it help reduce stress?

October 19, 2016 Robyn Kannemeyer

If you are currently feeling stressed you may decide not to read this post but if you do then you might learn some useful tips on how to reframe your […]

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: The Pros of Procrastination

October 6, 2016October 6, 2016 Anaise Irvine

This post by Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in May 2014.   We all do it. We all let our minds drift from our thesis when we shouldn’t. We […]

Research

Why we don’t write and what to do about it

August 23, 2016August 23, 2016 Julia Hallas

Procrastination means ‘belonging to tomorrow’. So when you delay writing today, you are creating more work for tomorrow. Unfortunately this delay creates a gap between your intention and your action. […]

Write

Put on your shoes

August 28, 2015August 1, 2016 Anaise Irvine

Writing a thesis is like running a marathon, right? Jeez, how many times have we heard that? (Answer: lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of times.) I’ve […]

Research

Can “Eureka” Moments be Manufactured?

August 3, 2015August 1, 2016 Anaise Irvine

Thomas Edison famously said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Funnily enough, that is exactly the calculation I have made of my doctoral research. 99% is: reading dense […]

  Older posts

Search

Subscribe to Thesislink!

Sign up to our mailing list for the latest posts or follow us on Facebook or Twitter!

Tags

3MT academia achievement AUT AUT Library careers challenges citations communication competitions conferences COVID-19 dissemination drafting Events experience family funds Graduate Research School holidays international just for fun literature reviews methodology mix & mingles motivation news online resources peer mentoring PG Symposium presentation skills publication qualitative reading Research researcher development retreats social life student voices supervision tips & tricks video work/life balance workshops writing

Read AUT theses via Tuwhera

Tweets by @AUT_SC

Blogroll

  • Academic Consulting Ltd
  • AUT Library
  • AUT Student Support Services
  • AUT University
  • Doctoral Writing SIG
  • eLab
  • PhD Comics
  • Research Skill Development
  • Student Hub Online – Online Resources for Research Students
  • Student Hub Online – PG Research
  • The Digital Doctorate
  • The Thesis Whisperer
  • Tuwhera

RSS Feeds

  • RSS - Posts
  • RSS - Comments

Top 5 Posts

  • Writing Your Dedication and Acknowledgements
  • Making Strategic Use of Your Acknowledgements Section
  • Writing a Conference Abstract (Cheat Sheet)
  • Interviews vs. Surveys
  • Best NZ Student Deals & Discounts for 2022
Login

Recent Comments

  • Cladder game on Lists, Controversy, and the Oxford Comma
  • S on Throwback Thursday: Journalling to Make Progress on Really Difficult Problems
  • ambati kiranmai on Throwback Thursday: 7 Insights into the Mind of a Thesis Examiner
  • matt on Imposter Syndrome: A Curse you Share with Einstein
  • Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology) on Want to Chair a Session at the AUT Postgraduate Research Symposium?

Tags

3MT academia achievement AUT AUT Library careers challenges citations communication competitions conferences COVID-19 dissemination drafting Events experience family funds Graduate Research School holidays international just for fun literature reviews methodology mix & mingles motivation news online resources peer mentoring PG Symposium presentation skills publication qualitative reading Research researcher development retreats social life student voices supervision tips & tricks video work/life balance workshops writing
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Alizee by aThemes