Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Research
  • AUT Resources
  • Events
  • Video

Thesislink

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

supervision

Vivien Wei Verheijen
AUThentic

Thesis Survivor Stories: Meet one of the survivors – Vivien Wei Verheijen

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 Kathryn Oxborrow

AUT academics Professor Marilyn Waring and Professor Kate Kearins have recently edited a second edition of Thesis Survivor Stories: Practical Advice on Getting Through Your PhD or Masters Thesis, which […]

Research

Making Strategic Use of Your Acknowledgements Section

October 20, 2020May 19, 2022 Scott Pilkington

Editor’s note: This post was first published in October 2020; references to the AUT Postgraduate Handbook have since been updated for the 2022 edition. The acknowledgements section of a thesis […]

Write

The Emotional Journey of Getting Supervisor Feedback

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Anaise Irvine

I was recently reminded of a dark time in my PhD. A time when my illusions were shattered, and my hopes decimated. A time when I was elated to have […]

Research

What Affects your PhD Completion Time?

May 30, 2019March 25, 2021 Anaise Irvine

Editor’s note: this article, published in 2019, makes reference to a previous edition of the AUT Postgraduate Handbook that is now out of date. The most recent edition can be […]

Research

Twenty Years On: Reflections on Postgraduate Study

July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Ian Brailsford

Dr. Ian Brailsford is a Learning Advisor at the University of Auckland, specialising in postgraduate research skills. This year’s FIFA World Cup marks the twentieth anniversary of my frantic efforts […]

Write

What Kind of Feedback do you Need?

March 20, 2018March 20, 2018 Anaise Irvine

Sending a thesis draft to your supervisors is always a bit scary. When you’ve invested your time, brainpower, and soul into a piece of writing, it’s hard to submit it […]

Research

A Supervisor’s Role After You Graduate

September 29, 2017 Anaise Irvine

As we come to the end of Supervision September here on Thesislink, let’s think ahead. When you’re conducting your research and writing your thesis, the general role of your supervisors […]

AUThentic

Wearing Both Hats: Interview with a Supervisor/Supervisee

September 27, 2017 Anaise Irvine

As we saw in last week’s posts, the jobs of thesis student and thesis supervisor can both be full of exciting and exhausting highs and lows. Can you even imagine […]

AUThentic

What Supervisors Wish PG Students Knew: Part 2

September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 Anaise Irvine

So far this week, we’ve found out what PG students wish their supervisors knew, and the first part of what supervisors wish their PG students knew. Today, it’s time to […]

Research

What Supervisors Wish PG Students Knew: Part 1

September 20, 2017 Anaise Irvine

When I emailed AUT’s supervisors to ask what they wished their postgraduate students knew, I thought they’d be too busy to respond. Oh boy, I was wrong. My inbox lit […]

Research

What PG Students Wish Their Supervisors Knew

September 18, 2017September 18, 2017 Anaise Irvine

A few weeks ago I asked you what you wished your supervisor/s knew. Your responses were sometimes sad, sometimes heart-warming, and sometimes raw. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Here […]

Research

Help! My Supervisors Disagree with Each Other!

September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 Anaise Irvine

Do you have more than one supervisor? If so, do they always agree on everything? Probably not. As Neil deGrasse Tyson recently tweeted… At AUT, doctoral students have two (or […]

  Older posts

Search

Subscribe to Thesislink!

Sign up to our mailing list for the latest posts or follow us on Facebook or Twitter!

Tags

3MT academia achievement AUT AUT Library careers challenges citations communication conferences COVID-19 dissemination drafting editing Events experience family funds Graduate Research School holidays international just for fun literature reviews methodology motivation news online resources peer mentoring PG Symposium presentation skills publication qualitative reading Research researcher development retreats social life software student voices supervision tips & tricks video work/life balance workshops writing

Read AUT theses via Tuwhera

Tweets by @AUT_SC

Blogroll

  • Academic Consulting Ltd
  • AUT Library
  • AUT Student Support Services
  • AUT University
  • Doctoral Writing SIG
  • eLab
  • PhD Comics
  • Research Skill Development
  • Student Hub Online – Online Resources for Research Students
  • Student Hub Online – PG Research
  • The Digital Doctorate
  • The Thesis Whisperer
  • Tuwhera

RSS Feeds

  • RSS - Posts
  • RSS - Comments

Top 5 Posts

  • Writing Your Dedication and Acknowledgements
  • Interviews vs. Surveys
  • Making Strategic Use of Your Acknowledgements Section
  • Best NZ Student Deals & Discounts for 2022
  • How Long is a Masters Thesis?
Login

Recent Comments

  • basketball stars on Comments on the recent Masters Writers’ Retreat
  • Kate Waterworth on Let’s Talk Post-qualitative Inquiry
  • Yo Heta-Lensen on The Final Act: Writing your Doctoral Graduation Citation
  • Kathryn Oxborrow on Capturing your Interviews: Some Practical Tips
  • Julia Field on Capturing your Interviews: Some Practical Tips

Tags

3MT academia achievement AUT AUT Library careers challenges citations communication conferences COVID-19 dissemination drafting editing Events experience family funds Graduate Research School holidays international just for fun literature reviews methodology motivation news online resources peer mentoring PG Symposium presentation skills publication qualitative reading Research researcher development retreats social life software student voices supervision tips & tricks video work/life balance workshops writing
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Alizee by aThemes