PG Week: Communicating Complex Research at the Symposium
If you are presenting at the PG Symposium on Friday, you’re probably busy memorising your main talking points, finalising your slides, and rehearsing in front of the mirror. You may […]
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Crafting your PG Symposium presentation
If you’ve heeded our call to enter the PG Symposium, you might be wondering how to go about preparing your presentation. At last years’ Symposium, we asked some of the […]
Managing the Emotions of a Research Presentation
Got a conference or seminar presentation coming up? If so, you’re probably familiar with the stomach butterflies that tickle many of us before a speaking engagement. We spoke to some […]
Alternate Academic Career Options
So you want an academic career, but you’re not sure about the traditional career path in your field? You’re not alone. Recently, a lot of attention has fallen on Alt-Ac […]
‘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 […]
A Day in the Life of a Postgraduate Creative Arts Researcher
They say that without art, the earth is just “eh.” The creative arts – be they visual, kinetic, narrative, musical, or any other kind of expression – enrich and beautify […]
A Day in the Life of a Postgraduate Humanities Researcher [Video]
Humanities researchers study the human experience via culture, psychology, sociology, gender, religion, history, law, and so much more. The humanities encompass everything from Chaucer to flying saucers; from Sigmund Freud […]
A Day in the Life of a Postgraduate Science Researcher [Video]
A lot of the time, we postgrad students are shut away from the outside world in our offices or labs. It’s sometimes easy to forget that there is an outside […]
Videos from PG Symposium and 3MT
If you didn’t get to see all the presentations at the PG Symposium or 3MT, never fear. They are all online for viewing now! Check them out here. Each presentation […]
New video resources for postgrads from Te Ara Poutama
Researchers at Te Ara Poutama (AUT’s faculty for Māori media, Māori development, language revitalisation and te reo) have shared a bumper batch of online video resources from this year’s Wānanga […]
Literature reviews for postgraduate students
In this video a student ponders on the challenges encountered in preparing a literature review. David Parker of the AUT Student Learning Centre highlights the importance of identifying the key […]
Photos & Video from the Vice Chancellor’s Doctoral Scholarships Ceremony
Thirteen talented AUT doctoral students were presented with their Vice Chancellor’s Doctoral Scholarships at a ceremony on 25 March 2015. Each scholarship is worth $95,000, and allows a domestic or […]