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Hi rbj

Thanks for the advise, i found it really helpful it's good to know that other people have been through the same and its not just me. I'm finding myself more motivated now after a nice long christmas break and i'm going to get on to my supervisor 1st day back for a meeting to discuss my project and the direction it's going to go and i won't take no for an answer!!
Thanks again

I know that phd students are expected to work independently, i just thought i would have more contact with my supervisors and receive more direction from them, am i expecting too much?

I started my phd this Oct and have two supervisors, one who is based in my lab who i see on a daily basis and one based at another campus, who i have met twice in passing. So far since starting i have had no formal meeting with either of my supervisors to discuss the way the project is going to run or the experimental approach. Every time i try asking my supervisor about the experimental approach to be used and how the experimental work is going to be conducted i just get a very vague response. For the last few weeks i have just been left on my own to do background reading with no idea if i'm going in the right direction, and my supervisor has no idea what i've been up to for the past few weeks. I have tried to approach my supervisor to discuss what i've been doing and which directon to head in but they're too busy too see me. I am starting to feel demotivated by the lack of response from my supervisors and by the fact that i have no idea how the project is going to progress.