Spread of supervision agreements protects PhD students from abuse

Formal contracts guaranteeing regular meetings, money for conferences, and space to work in are seen as way to mitigate unbalanced power dynamic

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April 1, 2021
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April 1, 2021
David Matthews
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#1 Submitted by TISch on April 1, 2021 - 9:34am
A timely intervention. However, in recent years PhD supervision have changed significantly with a profound impact on supervisors. Is this data and challenges of current student supervision collated somewhere?

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