Getting the best out of your Supervisor

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Getting the best out of your Supervisor

• Robin Henderson

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Student-supervisor relationship

• One of the most important relationships you will
  have in the next 3-5 years
• Impacts on
• the outputs of your research
• the success of your research
• the enjoyment you have along the way

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Some basic advice

• Understand who is responsible for what
• Get the relationship off to a good start
• Find a balance between the formal and informal
  elements of the relationships
• Think about your studies from your supervisors
  perspective
• Think about what you control in terms of setting
  the tone of the relationship

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Find out more

• 2 ½ hour sessions on 17th November
• UK GRAD website
• www.grad.ac.uk/jfp