Transcript Hi, it’s Lisa here from Capstone Editing. As a postgraduate student, you are likely juggling multiple essay writing deadlines for your course work and perhaps work and family commitments as well. Working under such pressure, you may find yourself submitting your essays without taking enough time to properly edit…
Can a mentor turbo-drive your academic career? We expect so much from our mentors, but formal workplace mentoring schemes can be disappointing. Much like a good marriage, there does need to be a certain chemistry between mentors and protégés (or mentees) for it to last beyond the first date. What…
This guide provides postgraduate students with an overview of the literature review required for most research degrees. It will advise you on the common types of literature reviews across disciplines and will outline how the purpose and structure of each may differ slightly. Various approaches to effective content organisation and…
This guide provides undergraduate students with an introduction to writing a literature review. It will explain several things: what a literature review is, what it includes and how you should approach researching and writing it. As you have probably not had to write one before, you may be asking yourself:…
Overview The Capstone Editing Grant for Mid-Career Researchers provides up to A$5,000 of seed funding for one researcher per year to undertake an innovative research project. The expectation is that the research project will gather preliminary data and lead to the development of a research council funding application. The grant…
1. Introduction 1.1 Capstone Editing provides a scholarship of up to A$3,000 to one student per calendar year to assist with covering the costs associated with the research of their thesis (Scholarship). 1.2The kinds of expenses intended to be covered by the Scholarship include travelling to a conference or on a…
1. Introduction 1.1 Capstone Editing provides a Conference Travel Grant for Postgraduate Research Students provides up to A$3,000 for one student per year to assist in covering the costs of attending a conference in relation to their degree (Grant). 2. Eligibility Criteria 2.1In order to be eligible for the Grant: 2.1.1subject…
Overview The Capstone Editing Conference Travel Grant for Postgraduate Research Students provides up to A$3,000 for one student per year to assist in covering the costs of attending a conference in relation to their degree. The purpose of attending the conference should be to assist with the student’s research or…
This year, Capstone Editing has extended the application closing dates for four of its grants for postgraduates, Honours students and female academics. Many universities list these grants on their scholarship pages, but some choose not to advertise external grants. For this reason, it can be a little difficult for us…
We’re all familiar with the archetypal ‘broke uni student’. They live off two-minute noodles, whinge about the cost of expensive textbooks and party until 3 am. I’ve even heard it said that poor uni student days are a rite of passage: everyone goes through them and it is just part…