Quote From Jamal8:
I am in my first year of my Ph.D., I have secured funds for my Ph.D. for experimental work and simulation. and the fund I secured was 42900 pounds from my own government. as I understand this fund should be used for my project and spend on me to do the relevant training. at the beginning I start learning to program by myself and I have no help and I did struggle so much and my supervisor did not care so much at all. he did not even allow me to use my fund to go for a course that can help me. Recently I discovered that my supervisor is using my fund for other students from the same his nationality and supporting them from my fund. when I confronted him about the use of my research fund he stated that I have the right to use your fund and I can, because I am your supervisor and I know how the fund should be spent.
Is that true that your Ph.D. supervisor have the right to use your research fund even though I am the one who got this fund from my government and he did not help me at all? if not, what are the legal action I can take against him?