The use of technology is now an indispensable part of everyday life. The technological changes of recent years have also brought major change to higher education. From reviewing literature to conducting data analysis, technology now shapes the lives of postgraduate students in major ways. This project concerns how students engage with technology to progress with their research study. We are interested in how technology contributes to effective communication with other members of the academic community; how students perceive both the beneficial and non-beneficial uses of technology, how these relate to their own patterns of technology use and what activities differentiate productive from unproductive work. ​