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 […]
student voices
Want to be the AUTSA Postgrad Officer?
The AUT Students Association (AUTSA for short) is looking for a Postgraduate Officer for its Student Representative Council (SRC). The SRC is a great group of student reps who act […]
Reflections of a Muslim Student 60 Days after New Zealand’s Darkest Day
This reflection was written by AUT PhD candidate Najmah Usman with her husband Kusnan Sayuti. On 15 March 2019, two mosques were attacked. 50 people died that day, with one […]
Reflections of a Muslim Student During NZ’s Darkest Days
On Friday 15th of March 2019, I was studying in a parent room at the AUT City campus Library. At 3pm Margaret Leniston, one of my scholarship officers for my […]
Beyond the Writing Retreat: Self and Collective Learning and Fun
For me, it was my first time to join the AUT Writing Retreat in almost three years of my PhD journey. I thought I should join this programme in my […]
Making the Most of Your Presentation Material
When striving to secure interview participants from some of New Zealand’s largest and most well-known manufacturers, I found it remarkably helpful to draw on material prepared for previous poster presentations, […]
Writer’s Retreat: How I Wrote 5000 Words in 3.5 Days
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 […]
Going to International Conferences, For Free!
Being a presenter in two international academic events has been an amazing experience for me. I am a doctoral researcher in public health. My specialization is preventing the transmission of […]
Join the AUTSA Post Graduate Subcommittee
Did you ever feel like you wanted to say something to someone, but there wasn’t anyone who would listen to you? Well, now you can get your concerns heard. AUTSA […]
Postgraduate Workspaces at AUT
If you are a doctoral student, you probably received an email about two months ago that invited you to participate in a survey about you workplace arrangements. 143 of you […]
Leaving the Natural Habitat (Better Known as the Postgraduate Office)
Look around your postgraduate office, and you will find many species of postgraduate mates – workaholic bees, hyperactive squirrels, nervous and easily frightened ostriches, social butterflies, patient turtles, overconfident ducks, […]