Amplifying The Voices Of PhD Students
When it comes to research, laziness is universally frowned upon because as researchers, we’re expected to always go the extra mile. Always do that little more to make your research better, more robust, stronger. But, when it comes to writing…
Giving feedback is an important part of any supervisor’s job. That’s why it’s important to do it well. You can give the most useful suggests in the world, but if they’re not given in a constructive manner, they mean nothing…
As a supervisor, when you see something inaccurate about your student’s research, it’s tempting and easy to tell them that. While doing that in a caring manner is definitely helpful, it doesn’t lead to as much growth in your student…
Having your paper rejected is never fun, but it happens. Almost everyone who has ever published a paper knows what it’s like to have a paper rejected. It’s the norm. But, when you’re doing a PhD, paper rejections seem to…
Have you ever found something wrong in your lab, maybe an instrument has been broken or something not quite how it should be? Or, have you ever found that someone you supervise won’t ever take responsibility for doing something wrong?…
Research is a team game and the better your research group works together, the further you’ll go. The idea of working in a team is that each member gets more than they would if they worked alone. That’s the main…
This blog post comes from a question asked on Twitter. The question was simply, how do you motivate your PhD students to write when they don’t want to. This was our answer: This is a fairly open-ended question because we…
A lot of the time, we’re just thrown into being a supervisor – we’re given the choice to have PhD students to help do research and we take them on. Often, we don’t get much training for being a good…
Have you ever given a presentation, then part way through you start rambling and you have no idea where you’re going with it? It’s almost this outer body experience where you know that you have no idea what you’re saying,…
Now, why are there so many bad supervisors? It’s almost a proverb that your supervisor will have the largest impact on your PhD. So, you’d think that there’d be more good supervisors and less bad ones, right. But, these bad…
