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Midwinter Workshops: PG Training in July

July 1, 2024July 1, 2024 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

Are you thinking of entering the 3MT competition or Postgraduate Research Symposium? Time to get moving! Entries for both close this Friday 5 July. It’s easy to enter for either […]

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Behind the Scenes at the Graduate Research School 3: Examinations

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

This is the third post in our series introducing you to the teams behind the scenes at GRS, focussing on the Examinations team. The Graduate Research School (GRS) Examinations team […]

Upcoming Workshops for the Rest of 2020

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

2020 is drawing slowly to a close (cue parades) and, while many of us have not been as productive or motivated as usual this year, we still have a few […]

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My Experience with a Doctoral Thesis in Format Two

May 26, 2020March 25, 2021 Prabakar Parthiban

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this article, published in 2020, makes reference to a previous edition of the AUT Postgraduate Handbook that is now out of date.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 […]

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Got your PGR9 or Oral Exam Coming Up?

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

If you are staring down the barrel of a major doctoral milestone (i.e. a PGR9 confirmation of candidature or an oral exam), you might like to know that there is […]

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Doctoral Thesis Assessment Criteria

February 20, 2018March 25, 2021 Anaise Irvine

Editor’s note: this article, published in 2018, makes reference to a previous edition of the AUT Postgraduate Handbook that is now out of date. The most recent edition can be […]

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Getting in the Mindset for the Oral Exam

November 7, 2017 Anaise Irvine

So you’re scared of the oral exam. Who isn’t? It’s one of the few times in life when a panel of experts will come together to pick apart years of […]

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Five Surprises from my Oral Exam

February 6, 2017February 7, 2017 Anaise Irvine

I passed my oral exam recently – woohoo! No more thesis tweaking! No more exam anxiety! Bring on the leisure reading! The experience of the exam was quite different from […]

The Viva! (aka Oral Defence, Doctoral Defence, Doctoral Examination)

April 21, 2015August 1, 2016 Anaise Irvine

By Emma Kelly In the week before your Viva you will get many pieces of sometimes contradictory advice. ‘Make your presentation absolutely watertight, you DO NOT WANT to make any […]

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