Awkward conversations
Students ask: How can I handle awkward conversations with my supervisors? How can I disagree with my supervisors? What if my supervisors are wrong? The […]
Thrashing
Students ask: What should I do when I keep working and working, but I don’t seem to get anywhere? Thrashing is a […]
Tough love
‘Tough love’ is concept borrowed from parenting. In the context of supervision, it’s the notion that part of caring about and supporting students […]
Regulations are tools
Academics tend to dislike rules set by other people, and they tend to loathe bureaucracy (even while inventing it). But regulations are unavoidable. […]
The power of ‘because’
Students ask: Why won’t my supervisors listen to me? One of the most useful words in the supervisory dialogue (and indeed more […]