Questions tagged [supervision]
Questions relating to academic supervision, which is broadly defined as the supervisory relationship between advisors and their students.
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Do I thank an ex-supervisor in my acknowledgements who was removed from my panel?
I have less than a month to go till I submit my PhD thesis. This degree has been extremely painful, mostly because of a supervisor whose mentorship was inappropriate and damaging. Eventually they were ...
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Ph.D. supervision when advisor moves
What happens to PhD students when their advisor changes institutions/moves countries?
I have a conditional TT offer (conditioned on successfully acquiring a national-level grant, of which I am in the ...
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Are advisors compensated for every PhD student, postdoc, or other researcher funded from their grants?
Advisors get a lot of indirect advantages by hiring PhD students, postdocs, or other research collaborators with their grants. These might include (in some fields) increased research output, more ...
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Might be removed/fired from my PhD for taking outside work - How do I salvage the situation?
I am facing a high possibility of getting fired from my PhD (in France) for violating the terms of my work contract, by taking temporary employment outside of my PhD (and outside of France). This was ...
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Will a research-based Ph.D. admission committee consider my application if my supervisor has only vaguely expressed his interest in supervising me?
I am planning to apply this year to several Ph.D. programs at several Canadian universities. The universities I've picked require Ph.D. applicants to secure a potential supervisor before submitting ...
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Concerned About Lack of TCS Research at My University
I'm a rising junior pursuing a dual degree in Computer Science and Mathematics at a Top 15 U.S. university. I’ve been involved in research since my first year and currently have one first-author ...
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I don't know how to decide on my PhD objective (supervision expectations) [closed]
I am in my first year, second semester of PhD in the US. So far, I have taken two graduate courses and am auditing one in the summer now (I do have a master's degree already, but it's good to take ...
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Supervisor not responding to emails on manuscript preparation for months
I had a summer undergraduate internship with my supervisor in 2024. The project went very well, and we were hopeful of publishing the results. We agreed that I will write the main body of the draft, ...
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A supervisor who consistently uses my research ideas for his own benefits
I have been working with my supervisor on my thesis, and before starting a research paper, he often tells me to search for novel ideas. Once, I found a new idea on the subject I was studying, and he ...
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PhD - I’d like to work on a project which combines the work of my current and my previous labs. Can I do this while avoiding conflicts?
I am a 1st year PhD student at a university in Europe. Previously, I had been a master’s student at a different university. At the end of my master’s, I published a paper as a first author, together ...
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Does it make sense to ask for a recommendation letter for future use? [duplicate]
I’m pursuing an internship at a reputed organization where I’ve been actively involved in technical tasks under the guidance of experienced mentors. Since I’ve maintained a good rapport and my ...
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Are research ethics boards making it harder to do research in universities? [closed]
I recently read a paper by Jeffrey Overall called “Bureaucratizing Ethics”. He talks about how research ethics boards (REBs or IRBs) have become very strict and slow, sometimes making it harder, not ...
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Navigating research independently
I am working in a recently established (3 years) research institute as a data analyst for a year (I have MS in data analytics).
Initially the goal of my work was to analyse proteomics data.
However, ...
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How to learn good mentoring skills as an early-career academic?
Even though a PhD prepares you for an academic career, it might not teach you how to be a good academic mentor.
Currently, as a postdoc, the only source of knowledge I have in that matter is looking ...
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Should I switch my research topic in my third PhD year?
I’m a 3rd-year PhD student in a device-focused lab and feeling pretty lost. I’ve been working on Project B, which has some external funding (enough to support my position), and a testing setup that’s ...
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