Postgraduate workshops
Find out about workshops and opportunities to develop study and research skills for postgraduate study at all levels (Honours, Master's and PhD).
Level up your research, build connections with fellow students, and gain valuable skills to support your academic journey.
2025 Timetable
| Month | Date | Time | Topic | Sign up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February | 19 Feb | Orientation: Transition to PG Help students to understand differences between UG/past study and PG expectations, Think about what skills are needed for PG study | ||
| 19 Feb | Orientation: Preparing for Research Thinking about the research journey. For thesis students | |||
| 19 Feb | Orientation: Thriving in PG (PGSA)- Introduction to SLS | |||
| March | 3 March | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Register here |
4 March | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Academic Writing at a PG level | Register here | |
5 March, 12 March, 19 March | Wed 10am-11:50am | Critical Thinking 3-week series In this workshop you will explore what it means to think critically, how to read critically, and how to write critically. The workshops run over 3 weeks with a specific focus for each week. Commitment to attend all 3 weeks is required. | Register here | |
10 March | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Register here | |
11 March | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | How to summarise, paraphrase and cite in PG writing | Register here | |
17 March | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes | ||
18 March | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Finding good literature research | ||
24 March | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | ||
25 March | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Keeping track of what you are reading (digital tools to help you) | Register here | |
31 March | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Register here | |
| April | 1 April | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Successful time management for Postgraduate work | Register here |
7 April | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Register here | |
8 April | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Developing a research question and research topic | Register here | |
14 April | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Register here | |
15 April (mid-tri break) | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Creating a research timeline and staying on track | Register here | |
| 16 April (mid-tri break) | Wednesday 5:30pm-7pm | Life Management for Night Owls (online) Do you love to burn the midnight oil or over-caffeinate regularly to be able to function on too little sleep? Come to this workshop and tap your natural talent for getting into The Zone by tweaking your habits and routines so that they support your research process. The workshop link will be sent to you once you have registered, one day before the workshop. | Register here | |
28 April | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Register here | |
29 April | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Applying Te Tiriti o Waitangi ethics to your research | Register here | |
| May | 5 May | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Register here |
6 May | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | What, Why, Who, When, Where and How: Telling the story of your research | Register here | |
12 May | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Register here | |
13 May | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Ancestral knowledge and bringing your whole self to your research. | Register here | |
19 May | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Register here | |
20 May | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Research paradigms and why they matter to your methodology | Register here | |
26 May | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Register here | |
27 May | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Writing your research proposal | Register here | |
| June | 4 June | Weds 5:30-7pm | How to work with your brain at Post Grad (online) Different strategies for getting work done work for different brains (or even the same brain in different situations!). This workshop gives suggestions of ways to work with your brain to get PG work done. | Link to come |
9 June | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
11 June | Weds 5:30-7pm | How to write when you are stuck | Link to come | |
16 June | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
18 June | Weds 5:30-7pm | Returning to Writing after a break/suspension | Link to come | |
Tri 2 | ||||
| July | 9 July | Transition to PG | Link to come | |
9 July | Preparing for Research | Link to come | ||
9 July | Orientation: Thriving in PG (PGSA)- Introduction to SLS | Link to come | ||
14 July | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
15 July | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Balancing Life, Work and study | Link to come | |
21 July | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
22 July | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Polishing your PG Academic Writing | Link to come | |
23 July, 30 July, 6 Aug | Wed 10am-11:50am | Powerful Presenting 3-week series: Preparing for presentations Register once for all three. | Link to come | |
28 July | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
29 July | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Supporting writing with evidence | Link to come | |
| August | 4 Aug | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come |
5 Aug | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | How to research, what to research, how much is enough | Link to come | |
11 Aug | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
12 Aug | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies: An introduction | Link to come | |
18 Aug | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
19 Aug (midtri break) | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Indigenous and non-Western Methodologies | Link to come | |
25 Aug | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
26 Aug | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Positionality and reflexivity | Link to come | |
| September | 1 Sept | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come |
2 Sept | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Reporting data and research results | Link to come | |
8 Sept | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
9 Sept | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Writing a critique or critical review | Link to come | |
15 Sept | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
16 Sept | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Developing an argument in your writing | Link to come | |
22 Sept | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
23 Sept | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | TBC | Link to come | |
29 Sept | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
30 Sept | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Fine tuning your thesis/ Pulling the parts together for your thesis writing | Link to come | |
| October | 6 Oct | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come |
7 Oct | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Preparing for Conferences: Abstracts, posters, and presentations | Link to come | |
13 Oct | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
15 Oct | Weds 5:30-7pm | Creating focus work sessions that work for you | Link to come | |
20 Oct | Monday 9am-10:30am | Monday Morning Writes This is a practical writing time. Bring your writing projects and join other postgraduate students for focused writing. The goal is to develop a writing community and create a space for body-doubling, focused writing. These weekly sessions include three 25-minute Pomodoro focus sessions with small breaks to stretch or discuss your writing goals with others. | Link to come | |
22 Oct | Weds 5:30-7pm | Addressing Writer's block | Link to come | |
29 Oct | Weds 5:30-7pm | Regaining, retaining and sustaining momentum in your thesis | Link to come | |
| November | 12 Nov | Transition to PG | Link to come | |
17 Nov, 24 Nov, 1 Dec, 8 Dec | Monday 9-11am | Get Writing Done (4 weeks) | Link to come | |
18 Nov | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | PG Academic Writing, paraphrasing and summarising | Link to come | |
25 Nov | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | PG Time management and managing research timelines | Link to come | |
| December | 2 Dec | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Developing an Argument in your writing | Link to come |
9 Dec | Tuesday 2-2:50pm | Critical thinking and critiquing | Link to come |
Faculty of Graduate Research workshops
The Faculty of Graduate Research (FGR) offers skills-development opportunities throughout the year for PhD students at any phase of their research.