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post Feb 10 2015, 12:07 PM, updated 11y ago

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Thanks for all responses.

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post Feb 11 2015, 07:07 PM

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QUOTE(koaydarren @ Feb 10 2015, 04:53 PM)
Sorry may i know in what field? haha..
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post Feb 11 2015, 07:09 PM

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QUOTE(HouYi @ Feb 10 2015, 05:46 PM)
Well, they have to start somewhere right?
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I understand. I have bad experience with new lecturer as my FYP supervisor..
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post Feb 11 2015, 07:13 PM

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QUOTE(gobie2920 @ Feb 11 2015, 12:48 PM)
Some universities require lecturer to have experience as co-supervisor prior to becoming a main. The first few batches are where the supervisors will be experimenting  we will follow first how we were trained before and then modify accordingly. So, if your potential supervisor graduated from a good school, then chances are u will be ok.
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Any ways to check whether he is of high quality? Browsing through goggle, cnt find his journal. Except the phD thesis, won undergraduate best student price, and get scholarship to study overseas. Maybe he is too new that's why not much information?
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post Feb 25 2015, 09:07 PM

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QUOTE(gobie2920 @ Feb 23 2015, 01:35 PM)
Yup, he must be very new. Checking his graduating university would give you some indication. Newly graduated lecturer is not expected to have long list. Some even published their postgrad works a few years after their graduation. I published only abstracts before my graduation, but now averaged about 20-30 publications/year, with total of 303 peer reviewed since graduated in 2008.
One sure way to see you click is to see how he communicate with you. If it's prompt, informative and helpful, then that would indicate his interest in supervision.
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post May 20 2015, 07:57 PM

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QUOTE(ckeong89 @ Apr 7 2015, 02:33 PM)
my previous experience with a newly graduated lecturer as my SV is a huge headache! and some of my colleagues in the same lab have the same bad experiences.
I cant assume every newly-grad lecturers are the same but think twice, perhaps talk to some more senior lecturers before you decide
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I already feeling damn headache now rclxub.gif
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post May 20 2015, 07:59 PM

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QUOTE(v1n0d @ Apr 14 2015, 01:01 PM)
Any reputable university will usually impose certain restrictions as to who is allowed to supervise. The general rule is a minimum of 2 years tenure is required for one to become a main supervisor.
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Yes there are other co-sv but... icon_question.gif
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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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