Hi there.

From what I have seen, that is, many people in my university writing proposals that their current or previous teachers would supervise purely out of convenience. Then, without considering how many students each supervisor already has, they have ended up as one of about 15 or 20 PhDs with the same supervisor, and never being able to get an appointment or much guidance from them.
I would look for a supervisor of course with the right academic credentials, but also find out how many people they're currently supervising.

It can't help to at least email or meet up with a potential supervisor you don't know before you decide, I'm sure they'd be flattered by the interest!

All the best,

Linds.

Hi all,

I'm differentiating tomorrow but I have absolutely 0 motivation. I've been at the same university since 2005 and I feel like I'm in a very deep rut. Everything I have to do, including this interview tomorrow, feels like a chore. Fortunately (or unfortunately) I appear to be good at what I do, it all just seems a bit futile.

Is anybody else in this situation? Would it be worth (assuming I'm upgraded tomorrow) looking into changing universities?

If you don't have advice, I'd also welcome some communal whinging

,-)

Linds.