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Will no one ever help me?
M

I have the same problem with my supervisor! I've seen the same people as you i ve heard the same thinks...you know how he is (..why you choose him?)! and now i am trying to find an escape route...

I'm thinking of changing PhD projects and universities
M

I have e-mailed other universities as well and they invited me for an interview but i really don't know how to explain why im giving up my current PhD

I'm thinking of changing PhD projects and universities
M

Have you mentioned that you are doing a PhD?

I'm thinking of changing PhD projects and universities
M

I talked to him and he offered to change the project, but whatever happens it is his character to behave like this and this cannot be changed.As long as he works on the super-project and makes publications and travels to conferences everything is ok for him.

I'm thinking of changing PhD projects and universities
M

Try talking to your advisor or postgraduate tutor.
I am in the same situation, even though im in the 1st year of my PhD. It is really frustrating having a supervisor who cares only how to cover his back. There is this super-project that he is working on with another PhD student and me working on "something" that he does not want to put any effort at all! He works in the same office with this PhD student and whenever i have a meeting with him we are all 3 together...knowing that they make so much progress together makes me feel totally worthless...

I want to change university and PhD but i don't know how im gona justify this to others and i don't know how they gona take it...

A procrastination thread!!
M

I used to think that I could not go on
And life was nothing but an awful song
But now I know the meaning of true love
I'm leaning on the everlasting arms

If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly

See I was on the verge of breaking down
Sometimes silence can seem so loud
There are miracles in life I must achieve
But first I know it starts inside of me, oh

Academic transcripts - how much does YOUR uni charge?!
M

£10 and it takes 6 weeks to be prepared!

It is the supervisor's responsibility to arrange the First Year Viva
M

Is the supervision arrangement working? If not, what is needed?

Regarding that question, if the relation between supervisor and student is not quite cordial and the supervision arrangement is NOT working then who can decide what is really needed?

It is the supervisor's responsibility to arrange the First Year Viva
M

First Year Report & Viva - Feedback Form
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10. Viva feedback
Was the candidate able to explain the research problem and proposed contribution?
Was the verbal presentation of adequate?
Did the candidate understand questions put to him?
Was the candidate able to explain and defend his work to date and research plans?

11. Summary
Should the candidate pass the 1st-Year viva?
If yes, do you have any advice or comments for the candidate that might help with his/her future research?
If not – what course of action do you propose?
Is the supervision arrangement working? If not, what is needed?

It is the supervisor's responsibility to arrange the First Year Viva
M

Does anyone knows if it's possible to ask for the supervisor to be excluded from the First Year Viva??

Supervisor hall of fame - what's the worst thing yours has done/said?
M

"I do not trust you anymore!" To be honest the feeling is mutual i do not trust him either...

Research is not for me......
M

Don't laugh but I was convinced at PhD level you must 'know it all'. Everywhere I looked, I got the impression that other students knew exactly what they were doing and I felt like a 'fraud'.

I have the same impression...the worst is having my supervisor comparing me with others and saying how weak i am....but i know i try hard and at least i would expect some appreciation for my efforts but...NO!

No progress in the first year
M

I have an advisor (like 2nd supervisor) but he is a professor who is even more busy than my Dr supervisor and besides he knows as much as i know about my subject.
The main problem is that many new supervisors don't know how to supervise or even how to teach. They just give you a subject they tell you few thinks and they let you do the rest...and if you ask a question you get the same answer again and again!

No progress in the first year
M

Hi,
I talked to my supervisor and he admitted that the last 8 months were indeed unproductive...He took part of responsibility but overall he said it was my fault! But i know i was trying but the directions i was given were wrong and it is his fault.
Most of the time he was busy with a project that is more significant to him..project that will allow him to go to conferences (i.e Hawaii!!)

No progress in the first year
M

JA have you talked to your supervisor about it?