Articles, tips, and notices for postgraduate research students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and beyond.
This article first appeared on Thesislink in July 2020. I’ve been grappling with a Really Difficult Problem (RDP) on a project lately. You know the kind: necessary to deal with […]
Distractions are a perennial issue for research students. Working on such a large project over a long period of time can feel overwhelming, and our brains can sometimes deal with […]
Aaaaah… sunshine, beach days, bike rides, ice creams! (Or for the indoorsy types: guilt-free Netflix and reading!) The long hot Kiwi summer is a thing of glory, but it can […]
If you were thinking of signing up for the Research Accelerator programme (but the deadline flew by too quickly) you’ll be pleased to know that we’re keeping applications open for […]
If we had to pick one word to describe doing research in 2020, we’d pick: disrupted. This has been an incredibly challenging time for researchers; with border closures, physical distancing, […]
During some recent idle file-browsing, I stumbled upon some writings from my undergraduate days. Nothing earth-shattering: just a few ten-year-old assignments that I’d forgotten about. I almost moved past them, […]
I’ve been grappling with a Really Difficult Problem (RDP) on a project lately. You know the kind: necessary to deal with in order to make progress, but frustratingly complicated and […]
In order to produce a thesis of 40,000 or 80,000 words, you have to be in a long-term relationship with writing. This isn’t a brief fling, in which you write […]
Got the opportunity to go for the Graduate Research School’s Writer’s Retreat?? GO FOR IT! Want to know why? Well here’s why you must take this brilliant opportunity! I am […]
The holidays are over. The sun still shines outside, but we can’t bask in it. The water at the beach is still warm, but we can’t swim in it. Instead […]
If you’re currently looking to delve deeply into your thesis writing, then your timing is impeccable. November is #AcWriMo (Academic Writing Month), a time when academic writers band together online […]
