Academic Coaching Blog — Supervisor

My previous blog post talked about why you need to please your supervisor.  I said it was a practical thing, because it's your supervisor who controls your progress in your academic journey.  Take a look at what I said: WHY your need to please your supervisor In this post I want to talk about the HOW of pleasing your supervisor.  And let's be clear, I'm not talking about being subservient or obsequious.  I'm talking about building a satisfactory relationship that is pleasing to both of you, so that your academic work progresses in a positive way.  Here are four key...

If you're writing a thesis or dissertation, your supervisor is the most important person in your life.  And that goes on for several years.  Many graduate programs follow processes that badly need revising.  But until universities are willing to provide additional time and resources to work with graduate students, then you have to make sure you are pleasing your supervisor as part of the process.  So why? Why do so many doctoral and Master's students have to follow the wishes of supervisors, rather than being able to work alongside them as equals, in the pursuit of scholarship?  The short answer...