'My supervisor is great--but I can't get up in the morning'

Article Abstract:

Four postgraduate students, Jane Suter, Helen Taylor, Alisa Chukanova and Lisa Willats, describe the difficulties they have faced after the first six months of their postgraduate study. Difficulties identified include a lack of motivation and financial problems, although all are happy with their work and the supervision they are receiving.

Analysis, Education, Interview, Suter, Jane, Taylor, Helen, Chukanova, Alisa, Willats, Lisa

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Spirits rise as isolation ends

Article Abstract:

A group of four PhD students in the UK relate their feelings as they come to the end of their first year of study. Some of the students have experienced a sense of isolation in their research as they are not mixing with others doing the same sort of work as them, however, they are all making progress with their work.

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