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hiya, having som problems trying to get into the forums.....the newest posts section is all i can access. I keep getting an error message when i try to log into PhD life.....anyone else having this problem? It just started yesterday for me. SOME CONTENT REMOVED BY MODERATOR
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Time to really make them work for you now.I think you should arrange another meeting (maybe bring in a student mediator/ombudsman/neutral person), get detailed feedback of what they feel is lacking and get a clear plan of how they want you to proceed. Make it clear how dissapointed you are with receiving such drastic feedback at such a late stage in the project and ask why nothing was said at an earlier stage (make them ans this question!). Formulate a plan to move forward with a tightly scheduled timetable, asking them to be realistic about the amount of work they want done. After all a PhD is a training period, and you have already spent X amount of years there.Finally dont get too disheartened, these things do happen
Not sure changing supervisors would be the best idea.the whole project will probably take longer if you start working with new people.Im interested to know where exactly your supervisors were during formulation of the PhD question-why didnt they have any input.I think you deserve better supervision than that. They get well paid to do their jobs and it sickens me that they just dont!
have u tried using graphpad prism? Im not sure if it does everything SPSS does but I found it much much easier to use and there is a free trial version online (I think......well there used to be anyway :))Talks you through which stats test you need to use and gives examples.....great for someone like me who hates stats :)
make a table of contents, list all sub-sections and give a short overview of what each will contain, give bullet points as to what your discussion will contain. You should have a very clear idea of whats going into it at this stage since you have started writing it so it should only take a couple of hours to do. Also make a timeline graph (a gant chart, i think) showing what you have done, and what is left to do. I've nearly finished my thesis (also a biological scienec one) in 4 months (but that was not solid 9-5 wirking ) so Im sure you can get it done on time. However, the onus is completely on you to make sure that your supervisor works hard for you and provides timely feedback on all drafts. Ive found the "is it corrected yet, is it corrected yet, is it corrected yet" approach works for me
also,is there a student ombudsman at your university?Might be a good idea to go talk to them and get some advice as to how to handle this stressful situation.we have one at my uni and i know that somwtimes they offer to sit in on meetings etc. as an independent party.
Hi Lara,Ive had plenty of problems with my PhD and supervisors but im now at the writing stage and am glad i stuck it out.I think you need to turn up at his/her office with your detailed plan and talk it through.it sounds as though emailing just isnt enough to show how serious you are about it
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