Should you be friends with your PhD students?

Blurring the lines between supervisor and friend can cause difficulties for academics and students alike, says study by Finnish researchers

Published on
November 26, 2015
Last updated
November 29, 2016
Man kissing man in front of classroom
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Devoted: some students wanted ‘supervisors to be concerned about them…in both personal and work-related ways’

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Print headline: Should supervisors make friends with PhD students?

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