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10 signs of a bad PhD supervisor
Understanding Supervision and the PhD: : Moira Peelo: Continuum
How to cope with a problematic PhD supervisor
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How to Cope with a Problematic PhD Supervisor
Problem 1: A lack of contact. The first common problem is simply a lack of contact. This is especially common if you're doing a PhD remotely and you're entirely dependent on email for communication. Sometimes this isn't entirely the supervisor's fault. Often I speak to students who say they emailed the supervisor three months ago but ...
Of monsters and mentors: PhD disasters, and how to avoid them
PhD students are often made to feel like they are a huge burden on their supervisors, and they are frequently ignored and unsupported. Hence, even the most toxic student-supervisor relationships often persist long beyond the point of dysfunctionality, sometimes leaving the student with mental health problems.
When Relationships Between Supervisors and Doctoral Researchers Go
A global survey of over 6,300 PhD researchers initiated by Nature found that doctoral researchers based in Europe were very likely to list "impact of poor supervisor relationship" as one of their top five concerns (Lauchlan 2019). In the UK, a study of over 50,000 postgraduate research students - which included both PhD-level and research ...
Ten types of PhD supervisor relationships
However, these policies need to be accommodated into already overloaded workloads and should include regular review of supervisors. Academics. PhD. professional mentoring. PhD supervisors ...
PhD training is no longer fit for purpose
Graduation day for PhD scholars at the University of Bologna, Italy. ... Early-career researchers constantly report concerns about a chronic lack of support and poor-quality supervision, with ...
Ten simple rules for choosing a PhD supervisor
Your PhD supervisor will strongly influence the success and quality of your degree as well as your general well-being throughout the program. It is therefore vital to choose the right supervisor for you. A wrong choice or poor fit can be disastrous on both a personal and professional levels—something you obviously want to avoid. Unfortunately ...
Types Of Difficult PhD Supervisors And How To Successfully ...
Supervision is a difficult task, and there is often conflict between supervisors and their PhD students. Even if you find a supervisor with whom you have excellent rapport, there can still be problems. Here are some of the types of difficult supervisor which you might encounter, and tips on how to manage them.
Perhaps It's Not You It's Them: PhD Student-Supervisor ...
A good supervisor can lift you up when you are low, push you to be a better researcher, and continue to advocate for your success way beyond your PhD. Yet at the opposite end of the spectrum, a poor PhD Supervisor can bully you, gaslight you, and lead to a truly miserable few years of PhD study. In fact, in Nature's 2019 PhD student survey 24 ...
A brief primer on the PhD supervision relationship
Ideally, a PhD supervisor can discuss the options of both academic and non-academic positions as potential career paths and provide some guidance on further resources for understanding how these options compare (e.g., see Caterine, 2020; Kelsky, 2015; Linder et al., 2020; Madan, 2021). These resources provide perspectives and advice ranging ...
A Happy PhD
Advising for progress: tips for PhD supervisors. In a previous post, we have seen the crucial role that having a sense of progress plays, not only in the productivity, but also in the engagement and persistence of a PhD student towards the doctorate. While this recognition (and the practices to "make progress visible" we saw) put a big ...
#10: Good PhD-supervision: What you can expect
So here are our five pillars of good PhD supervision: 1. Guidance. Guidance is the no.1 pillar of good supervision. You should receive guidance from your supervisor for all matters - big and small - regarding your PhD study. Your supervisor should give guidance in particular, regarding: Your research and individual aspects hereof.
Mastering Your Ph.D.: Better Communication With Your Supervisor
Either way, better communication is likely to involve planning and a conscious effort on your part. If communication with your supervisor is poor or nonexistent, and has been from the beginning, don't blame yourself. It's also not a good idea to try to change your supervisor's ways; it won't work. Instead, focus on what you can do to improve ...
What Makes A Good PhD Supervisor?
4. Is a Good Mentor with a Supportive Personality. A good PhD supervisor should be supportive and willing to listen. A PhD project is an exercise in independently producing a substantial body of research work; the primary role of your supervisor should be to provide mentoring to help you achieve this.
#98: Should I replace my PhD supervisor?
2. Reasons why PhD students want to replace a supervisor . There are plenty of reasons why a PhD student wants or has to exchange an advisor. Many universities and research institutes or governmental bodies have set out codes of conduct for PhD/graduate education that describe roles and responsibilities of supervisors (see e.g. UniWiND 2015, UCL 2018, National Health and Medical Research ...
Superb supervision: A pilot study on training supervisors to convey
the one hand, poor supervision may increase the chances of the PhD candidate engaging in research misbehavior (Anderson et al. 2007). We have previously labeled insufficient supervision a research misbehavior (Bouter et al. 2016), and researchers across academic ranks and disciplinary fields seem concerned about
'You have to suffer for your PhD': poor mental health among doctoral
More than 40% of PhD students met the criteria for moderate to severe depression or anxiety. In contrast, 32% of working professionals met these criteria for depression, and 26% for anxiety. The ...
A brief primer on the PhD supervision relationship
PhD supervision is associated with a variety of expec-tations and responsibilities, from both the student and the supervisor, but there is also not a single approach to the supervisor relationship. The importance of the PhD supervisory relationship cannot be overstated—at a mini-mum, it is a one-on-one relationship of close collabora-tion ...
What can your PhD supervisor do for you?
4. Keep communication open. While everyone has different styles of communicating, it's imperative that PhD students and supervisors agree on a style that suits both their needs, notes Cardilini ...
Ten simple rules for choosing a PhD supervisor
your PhD thesis supervisor. Your PhD supervisor will strongly influence the success and quality of your degree as well as your general well-being throughout the program. It is therefore vital to choose the right supervisor for you. A wrong choice or poor fit can be disastrous on both a per-
Golden Rules for PhD Supervision
Golden Rules for PhD Supervision Supervisor PhD Candidate Be professional Be aware that all PhD candidates are different, with their own individual story, culture, competences and needs. Being a supervisor is a demanding job. There is no template for supervision. Keep an open mind and adapt to the PhD candidate. Co-supervision can be difficult.
Effective supervision of doctoral students in public and population
Background. The quality and success of postgraduate education and training largely rely on effective and efficient supervision (Mothiba et al., Citation 2019).Supervisors are tasked with the responsibility to support and guide students to identify feasible research topics and questions, develop study protocols, provide oversight of the research process, complete their projects on time and to ...
Is it pointless to bring up poor supervision during PhD viva?
23. It would not be "pointless", it would be incredibly counterproductive. Any concerns about the supervision should have been brought up with the supervisor (or in severe cases escalated to the head of department) during the course of your PhD. In your viva, you should present your own work from its best angle.
Full article: Supervisory feedback to postgraduate research students: a
Introduction. Providing effective feedback to postgraduate research students is often a challenge for supervisors. Poor feedback leads to a negative supervisory experience for postgraduate research students (Cekiso et al. Citation 2019).Unfortunately, inadequate, untimely and unconstructive non-critical feedback to postgraduate research students emerged as a common problem in many studies ...
PhD Position Global Health Behaviors and Development Economics
The PhD researcher will be embedded within the new Global Health Theme (led by Associate Professors Matthias Rieger and Igna Bonfrer) as well as the Health Economics (HE) department. There is an intention to develop this proposal together with a co-supervisor at Stellenbosch University and work towards a joint or double PhD.
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Problem 1: A lack of contact. The first common problem is simply a lack of contact. This is especially common if you're doing a PhD remotely and you're entirely dependent on email for communication. Sometimes this isn't entirely the supervisor's fault. Often I speak to students who say they emailed the supervisor three months ago but ...
PhD students are often made to feel like they are a huge burden on their supervisors, and they are frequently ignored and unsupported. Hence, even the most toxic student-supervisor relationships often persist long beyond the point of dysfunctionality, sometimes leaving the student with mental health problems.
A global survey of over 6,300 PhD researchers initiated by Nature found that doctoral researchers based in Europe were very likely to list "impact of poor supervisor relationship" as one of their top five concerns (Lauchlan 2019). In the UK, a study of over 50,000 postgraduate research students - which included both PhD-level and research ...
However, these policies need to be accommodated into already overloaded workloads and should include regular review of supervisors. Academics. PhD. professional mentoring. PhD supervisors ...
Graduation day for PhD scholars at the University of Bologna, Italy. ... Early-career researchers constantly report concerns about a chronic lack of support and poor-quality supervision, with ...
Your PhD supervisor will strongly influence the success and quality of your degree as well as your general well-being throughout the program. It is therefore vital to choose the right supervisor for you. A wrong choice or poor fit can be disastrous on both a personal and professional levels—something you obviously want to avoid. Unfortunately ...
Supervision is a difficult task, and there is often conflict between supervisors and their PhD students. Even if you find a supervisor with whom you have excellent rapport, there can still be problems. Here are some of the types of difficult supervisor which you might encounter, and tips on how to manage them.
A good supervisor can lift you up when you are low, push you to be a better researcher, and continue to advocate for your success way beyond your PhD. Yet at the opposite end of the spectrum, a poor PhD Supervisor can bully you, gaslight you, and lead to a truly miserable few years of PhD study. In fact, in Nature's 2019 PhD student survey 24 ...
Ideally, a PhD supervisor can discuss the options of both academic and non-academic positions as potential career paths and provide some guidance on further resources for understanding how these options compare (e.g., see Caterine, 2020; Kelsky, 2015; Linder et al., 2020; Madan, 2021). These resources provide perspectives and advice ranging ...
Advising for progress: tips for PhD supervisors. In a previous post, we have seen the crucial role that having a sense of progress plays, not only in the productivity, but also in the engagement and persistence of a PhD student towards the doctorate. While this recognition (and the practices to "make progress visible" we saw) put a big ...
So here are our five pillars of good PhD supervision: 1. Guidance. Guidance is the no.1 pillar of good supervision. You should receive guidance from your supervisor for all matters - big and small - regarding your PhD study. Your supervisor should give guidance in particular, regarding: Your research and individual aspects hereof.
Either way, better communication is likely to involve planning and a conscious effort on your part. If communication with your supervisor is poor or nonexistent, and has been from the beginning, don't blame yourself. It's also not a good idea to try to change your supervisor's ways; it won't work. Instead, focus on what you can do to improve ...
4. Is a Good Mentor with a Supportive Personality. A good PhD supervisor should be supportive and willing to listen. A PhD project is an exercise in independently producing a substantial body of research work; the primary role of your supervisor should be to provide mentoring to help you achieve this.
2. Reasons why PhD students want to replace a supervisor . There are plenty of reasons why a PhD student wants or has to exchange an advisor. Many universities and research institutes or governmental bodies have set out codes of conduct for PhD/graduate education that describe roles and responsibilities of supervisors (see e.g. UniWiND 2015, UCL 2018, National Health and Medical Research ...
the one hand, poor supervision may increase the chances of the PhD candidate engaging in research misbehavior (Anderson et al. 2007). We have previously labeled insufficient supervision a research misbehavior (Bouter et al. 2016), and researchers across academic ranks and disciplinary fields seem concerned about
More than 40% of PhD students met the criteria for moderate to severe depression or anxiety. In contrast, 32% of working professionals met these criteria for depression, and 26% for anxiety. The ...
PhD supervision is associated with a variety of expec-tations and responsibilities, from both the student and the supervisor, but there is also not a single approach to the supervisor relationship. The importance of the PhD supervisory relationship cannot be overstated—at a mini-mum, it is a one-on-one relationship of close collabora-tion ...
4. Keep communication open. While everyone has different styles of communicating, it's imperative that PhD students and supervisors agree on a style that suits both their needs, notes Cardilini ...
your PhD thesis supervisor. Your PhD supervisor will strongly influence the success and quality of your degree as well as your general well-being throughout the program. It is therefore vital to choose the right supervisor for you. A wrong choice or poor fit can be disastrous on both a per-
Golden Rules for PhD Supervision Supervisor PhD Candidate Be professional Be aware that all PhD candidates are different, with their own individual story, culture, competences and needs. Being a supervisor is a demanding job. There is no template for supervision. Keep an open mind and adapt to the PhD candidate. Co-supervision can be difficult.
Background. The quality and success of postgraduate education and training largely rely on effective and efficient supervision (Mothiba et al., Citation 2019).Supervisors are tasked with the responsibility to support and guide students to identify feasible research topics and questions, develop study protocols, provide oversight of the research process, complete their projects on time and to ...
23. It would not be "pointless", it would be incredibly counterproductive. Any concerns about the supervision should have been brought up with the supervisor (or in severe cases escalated to the head of department) during the course of your PhD. In your viva, you should present your own work from its best angle.
Introduction. Providing effective feedback to postgraduate research students is often a challenge for supervisors. Poor feedback leads to a negative supervisory experience for postgraduate research students (Cekiso et al. Citation 2019).Unfortunately, inadequate, untimely and unconstructive non-critical feedback to postgraduate research students emerged as a common problem in many studies ...
The PhD researcher will be embedded within the new Global Health Theme (led by Associate Professors Matthias Rieger and Igna Bonfrer) as well as the Health Economics (HE) department. There is an intention to develop this proposal together with a co-supervisor at Stellenbosch University and work towards a joint or double PhD.