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Managing Distractions and Building Focus for Research

November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 Anaise Irvine

I’ll just check social media real quick. Oooh, this rabbit hole looks interesting! Oh no, my desk is quite dusty, where’s a cloth? I haven’t checked the news yet this […]

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New Part-Time Enrolment Available for Doctoral Programmes

October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

For the past 10 years, AUT has allowed only full-time enrolment for doctoral programmes. We are aware that this doesn’t suit all students’ needs, and that there is strong demand […]

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Throwback Thursday: Beating Online Procrastination

April 1, 2021October 7, 2021 Anaise Irvine

This post first appeared on Thesislink in June 2018. I recently had a vivid flashback to my old routine when I was in the early stages of working on my […]

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Throwback Thursday: Beating Online Procrastination

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Anaise Irvine

This post first appeared on Thesislink in June 2018. It seems particularly apt as a Throwback Thursday post right now since many of us are spending our entire work lives […]

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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this article, published in 2019, makes reference to a previous edition of the AUT Postgraduate Handbook that is now out of date.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 […]

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Boost Your Concentration with these Free Resources

November 27, 2018 Anaise Irvine

There are times in every research student’s life when you’ve just got to buckle down and get $%*t done. When you need to go hard, distractions are your worst enemy. […]

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Beating Online Procrastination

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018 Anaise Irvine

I recently had a vivid flashback to my old routine when I was in the early stages of working on my Masters / PhD theses. I would wake up, head […]

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The Science of When to Work

April 24, 2018June 11, 2018 Anaise Irvine

When do you do your research and writing? With so many research students juggling jobs, childcare, and other responsibilities, we often can’t put in a standard 9-5 day. In a […]

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Dreaded, Definitive, DEADLINES!

October 28, 2016 Robyn Kannemeyer

 ‘Deadline’ (ded-lahyn) noun the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o’clock deadline. a line or limit that must not be […]

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Throwback Thursday: The Pros of Procrastination

October 6, 2016October 6, 2016 Anaise Irvine

This post by Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in May 2014.   We all do it. We all let our minds drift from our thesis when we shouldn’t. We […]

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Investing Time Productively at a Conference

July 12, 2016August 1, 2016 Anaise Irvine

I just got back from a higher education conference in Australia. Along with a colleague, I had a full peer-reviewed paper accepted to the conference, and gave a 30-minute presentation […]

Throwback Thursday: How can a postgraduate student get (more) things done?

September 10, 2015August 1, 2016 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

This post by Dr Geoff Dickson first appeared here on Thesislink in 2012 The short answers to get organized. The longer answer goes like this. Time – you never have enough […]

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