PhDs: ‘toxic’ supervisors and ‘students from hell’

How should universities handle breakdowns in PhD student-supervisor relationships?

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April 7, 2016

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#1 Submitted by Jack_King1 on December 18, 2023 - 6:40am

There is a churn and burn culture in universities, in particular Australian higher education.

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