Timeline for What is the best way to approach a PhD advisor to give them advice on how to improve their supervision?
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| Jul 16, 2021 at 15:22 | comment | added | Jeffrey | Yes, and the key part is "Ask your advisor if they would appreciate some feedback". Letting them decide if (and when) they want it makes all the difference in the world. | |
| Jul 15, 2021 at 12:13 | comment | added | Dirk | Fully agree! That's a good point and shows that feedback from "advisees" is important! | |
| Jul 15, 2021 at 10:56 | comment | added | penelope | I'm not disagreeing with any part of this answer, but would like to note: with their first PhD students/postdocs, most advisors are also not experts on supervision, and only have the experience on getting supervised by their past advisor(s). And the "supervision training" provided is often not very extensive. | |
| Jul 15, 2021 at 8:23 | history | answered | Dirk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |