Throwback Thursday: Where to Find your PhD Support Group
This post by Dr Julia Hallas first appeared on Thesislink in May 2014. A network of Research Students Peer Groups has since been started at AUT – see the RSPG […]
social life
Upcoming Peer Group Meetings for Postgrads
Lonely? Bored? Stressed out? From time to time, it can be helpful to get out of the office or lab and spend some time with humans who understand what you’re […]
Chinese Research Students’ Group – Upcoming Meeting
We’ve previously posted about a group for Chinese research students who speak Mandarin or Cantonese. Good news – the group is now open to students from all faculties, and there’s […]
Confession: My Little Anxious Questions
When one enters the hallowed halls of academia, one devotes oneself fully to the big questions about life, love, and the nature of the universe. That’s what I truly thought […]
Using Social Media to Communicate your Research
Social media: a great place for baby pictures, unwanted game invitations, cat memes, and… communicating research? Image by Yogi Inji, used with permission Sure there are professional/social media hybrid sites, […]
Try Out a Peer Mentoring Group
Did you know that there is a network of peer mentoring groups for postgraduate students at AUT? These are groups that meet up to support one another, give and receive […]
Breaking the Ice with Officemates & Labmates
If you’ve ever lived in a flat, you’ll know that your relationship with your flatmates can leave you either energised or miserable. Stay on good terms, and the house feels […]
New Quantitative Methodology Discussion Group
Regular Thesislink readers may remember that there are several peer groups open to postgrad students at AUT. Well if you’re doing quantitative research, you’re in luck – there’s a new […]
‘The Club’ finishes another great year
How’s this for a happy bunch of post-grads? ‘The Club’ doctoral group has now been running out South for almost two years. Here is a photo of that last meeting […]
New peer networks available – which one should you join?
Last week we profiled a doctoral student group at South campus that’s getting people out of their offices and into good company. Well, great news! Now there are four more […]
‘The Club’ at AUT South
Do you ever feel like your postgraduate research is a lonely task? We spend so much time alone as researchers – at our desks, on our computers, in our labs […]
Making (Pretend) Friends with Scholars
Have you ever noticed how impersonal the process of citing another scholar is? Surname. Initials. Year of publication. It’s as if the ideas and findings you are citing just appeared […]