Postgrad 101 - Skills to Survive and Suceed

Postgrad 101 - Skills to Survive and Suceed

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Six skills you need to land a graduate job | this.
Six skills you need to land a graduate job | this.
There’s no doubt graduate employers value academic achievement, but the ‘soft’ skills you bring to a role are just as, if not more, important – like effective communication, the ability to work within a team and leadership capabilities.
Six skills you need to land a graduate job | this.
Skills You Need - Study skills shot courses
Skills You Need - Study skills shot courses
Improve your life skills. Enjoy more success at work, at home and socially. Learn about communication, writing, numeracy, leadership, and more skills you need.
Skills You Need - Study skills shot courses
8 Habits of Highly Successful Students
8 Habits of Highly Successful Students

Some students just have everything together. They earn awesome grades, but they're also successful on other fronts. Opportunities always seem to find them, and they're always prepared for what's coming next.

If you want to become one of these students, start by adopting their habits.

My book "10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades" is completely free, so check it out if you're interested in improving your grades! http://collegeinfogeek.com/get-better... Companion article: https://collegeinfogeek.com/8-habits-...

8 Habits of Highly Successful Students
Alternative Academic Careers
Alternative Academic Careers
In a world where scholarly publication is changing rapidly, how should we approach the work of the dissertation, and of scholarly qualifications? This group of articles, the second of two clusters in the new Alt-Academy project Graduate Training in the 21st Century, attempts to respond to this question, and to raise new ones, by showcasing the work of early career scholars actively reimagining the dissertation as proto-monograph.
Alternative Academic Careers
The Thesis Whisperer
The Thesis Whisperer
The Thesis Whisperer is a blog newspaper dedicated to the topic of doing a thesis and is edited by Dr Inger Mewburn, Director of research training at the Australian National University. It contains many useful insights and resources.
The Thesis Whisperer
Succeeding in postgraduate study
Succeeding in postgraduate study
This badged open course, Succeeding in postgraduate study, will introduce you to the nature of Master's level study. It offers essential preparation for pursuing your learning at this level.
Succeeding in postgraduate study
The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA)
The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA)

The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA), is the peak body representing the interests of Australia’s 320,000+ postgraduate students. Founded in 1979, CAPA is a membership based non-profit organisation. CAPA’s member organisations include 33 postgraduate associations, and the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate Association (NATSIPA).

As the national voice on postgraduate issues, CAPA communicates the interests and perspectives of postgraduate students to the Federal Government, Federal Opposition and minor parties, and higher education peak bodies.

CAPA’s activities are supported by quality research. CAPA continues to play a leading role in higher education as an authoritative source of information on postgraduate issues.

Information, support and advice are provided to individual postgraduate students by CAPA’s affiliated member organisations on university campuses in each state and territory. CAPA’s members also elect regional representatives to assist in coordinating activities and information sharing between postgraduate associations.

The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA)
Seven Things I Wish I Knew Before Going to Graduate School
Seven Things I Wish I Knew Before Going to Graduate School
We've discussed some important things to know if you're headed to college, but if you're headed to grad school, the game changes. In many fields, it's all but required, and even if it's not, it might be necessary to distinguish yourself from the competition. If that sounds familiar, here are some things we wish we knew when we went after our advanced degrees.
Seven Things I Wish I Knew Before Going to Graduate School
Impostor Syndrome Is Definitely a Thing
Impostor Syndrome Is Definitely a Thing
Impostor syndrome is the feeling that you don’t belong — in graduate school or in your first academic or alt-ac job — and it’s more common than you might think. It makes people believe that they aren’t good enough, smart enough, or deserving enough.
Impostor Syndrome Is Definitely a Thing
Underachiever to highflier: How to perform well in your master's
Underachiever to highflier: How to perform well in your master's
If you have a place on a master's course and you recognise that you made mistakes as an undergraduate that you’re willing to rectify, there is no reason why you can’t make the transition a little later in life from underachiever to highflyer.
Underachiever to highflier: How to perform well in your master's
Masters: How to Survive
Masters: How to Survive
So, you’ve got a Bachelors degree under your belt and you’ve decided to commit to further study. You might be wise with undergraduate experience but don’t expect your first term of the MA or MSc to be an extension of third year.
Masters: How to Survive
Welcome to Graduate School
Welcome to Graduate School
As graduate adviser in my department for the past five years, I’ve distilled the advice I offer each fall to new graduate students down to six key lessons. Here is my crash course aimed at those of you just starting out now in M.A., M.F.A., or Ph.D. programs in the humanities and social sciences, and at those of you running orientation programs.
Welcome to Graduate School
5 Reasons to Study a Master's Degree
5 Reasons to Study a Master's Degree
Whether you’re nearing the end of your undergrad or you graduated several years ago, the decision to do a Master’s degree is not always an easy one. If you’re looking for some positives to help justify the extra costs of further study, maybe this will help you feel confident that you've made the right decision.
5 Reasons to Study a Master's Degree