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cheahcw2003
post Jun 7 2015, 11:11 PM

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QUOTE(kobe8byrant @ Jun 7 2015, 05:06 PM)
Sorry but is it common to have co-supervisors? I am interested in taking a PhD and always assumed we'd only have one supervisor.

Wouldn't it be offensive to have a co-supervisor as if the first one isn't qualified enough.

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Most universities need you to have at least 2 supervisors. During your 3 years journey, in case one of the supervisors quit the job, change university, go overseas do postdoc, take unpaid leaves or whatever reasons, then u still have another one who know and follow your progress.

Pick one SV who is strong in the methodology that u use, another SV who is publications in your subject matters. As such it will avoid conflict between SV, as they know their boundary. Pick those SV with at lease few PhD candidates graduated under him/her as the track records.
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post Jun 18 2015, 08:22 PM

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QUOTE(cheahcw2003 @ Jun 7 2015, 04:47 PM)
My experience is try to get a senior academics as your main supervisor. Co-SV can be from a junior lecturer
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My case is opposite
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post Jun 18 2015, 08:23 PM

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QUOTE(Critical_Fallacy @ May 21 2015, 02:50 AM)
I presumed that you have started the PhD program.

Since you belong to the first generation of PhD students, you need set up the equipment and apparatus you’ll need to acquire data. Lacking the support of an established group, you and your fellow colleagues will probably spend a lot of energy in building equipment, designing research methods, constructing new empirical models, learning how to use curve-fitting tools, or even writing new programming codes in Mathematica, C#, Anduino. icon_idea.gif

What is your real concern?
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Feeling so tension now whether should continue or not. My family queries me a lot whether my research title is good enuf to secure me a job after i grad? LOL!!
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post Jun 21 2015, 04:29 PM

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QUOTE(pricetag @ Jun 18 2015, 08:23 PM)
Feeling so tension now whether should continue or not. My family queries me a lot whether my research title is good enuf to secure me a job after i grad? LOL!!
Don’t make the mistake of keeping problems to yourself. Everyone hits a difficult patch at some point in their graduate student years, so having problems is nothing to be ashamed of. sweat.gif

Would you tell us your research topic?
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post Jul 9 2015, 10:00 AM

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If you ask me, I don't really bother if my supervisor is young or senior in his/her respected field. Getting an experienced and influential supervisor in the respected field is just an added benefit. I prefer to weight whether my supervisor is interested with my research topic, level of commitment and working attitude. And also his/her research philosophy.

You'll have a massive headache dealing with supervisor that isn't really committed in your research.

 

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