PG Week: PG Symposium 2017
As Postgraduate Week draws to a close, here’s a big THANK YOU to everyone who presented their research, competed at 3MT, contributed a poster, attended a workshop, sat on a […]
PG Symposium
PG Week: Communicating Complex Research at the Symposium
If you are presenting at the PG Symposium on Friday, you’re probably busy memorising your main talking points, finalising your slides, and rehearsing in front of the mirror. You may […]
Plan Your Postgrad Week Activities!
Postgrad Week starts in just 6 short days! We are so excited to get everybody together to learn, talk, network, and share our research. (The free food is just a […]
What Makes a Great Poster?
Posters are a common form of research communication, particularly in STEM fields. They’re effective, they’re fun to browse at conferences, and they don’t require any public speaking. Yay! They can […]
PG Symposium Abstracts Due Friday
If you would like to present your research at the Postgraduate Symposium on 18 August, it’s time to hustle – you have 3 more days to get your abstract in! […]
Crafting your PG Symposium presentation
If you’ve heeded our call to enter the PG Symposium, you might be wondering how to go about preparing your presentation. At last years’ Symposium, we asked some of the […]
Get Your Entries in for PG Week Events!
We’re leading up to the hottest time on the postgrad calendar here at AUT. Postgraduate Week is happening on 14-18 August, and now is the time to prepare your entries […]
Managing the Emotions of a Research Presentation
Got a conference or seminar presentation coming up? If so, you’re probably familiar with the stomach butterflies that tickle many of us before a speaking engagement. We spoke to some […]
Photos from the PG Symposium & 3MT
Thank you and congratulations to all of you who presented your research at the PG Symposium and/or 3MT last Thursday. There were a record number of presentations this year from […]
What to see & do at PG Week
PG Week got off to a rocking start on Monday with the Welcome Breakfast. The breakfast speaker was Maggie Eyre, a presentation coach with stories galore. She apparently coached a […]
Postgraduate Week 2016
Let me give you a scenario. You are out to dinner with friends and their partners, making small talk waiting for the food to arrive. Someone’s partner leans over to […]
Getting Presentation Experience Close to Home
Ah, the international academic conference. Home to heavy-hitting scholars, catering spreads of varying quality, and intimidated postgrad students giving their first major presentations. When I went to my first international […]