Does your doctoral program encourage you to set out expectations for the relationship between candidate and supervisor?
After my blog post ’10 ways to annoy your supervisors’ I was contacted by a doctoral student who felt that an accompanying view from the other side could, and should, be expressed. I’m delighted to post her response. I’m particularly pleased by her direct challenge to my point about asking for permission before talking to others. I agree with her, as well as with my original point (yup, I’m human, so I can live quite comfortably with contradictions).
As you’ll see, my posts tend to be quite frank. The point is to spur discussion, debate and thinking (not to spout unquestionable truths). So thank you Verity Quill, for engaging with the post in exactly the way I hoped!
By Verity Quill, PhD (elect)
I just read Nick Hopwood’s discussion about ‘How to annoy your Supervisor”. Well, it takes two to tango, as they say in the old country…
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