Top 10 tips for masterate and doctorate research students
Here's nine. One more to go... Be clear about why you are doing this study. Completing a research masterate or doctorate is a big ask. It requires a lot of your time and it will impact upon aspects of your life - family, social and so on. So be clear with yourself about why you are doing it. If you are doing it simply to get some letters after your name, forget it. If you are a Māori student, don't get suckered into the 'chosen one' myth or 'this is what your iwi wants of you'. You are the one doing the study. Do it for reasons that empower you. Harmonising your study with your personal goals, your aspirations for yourself. Use these research study programmes to help you with your goals. The more you can align your personal goals with the research project, the more satisfying it will be. Choose a topic you are passionate about! Choose a topic you really, really enjoy. Your research project is a big mountain to climb. You wont get to the top if you get bored al...