STIRLING GRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOOL Working with your Supervisor Professor Ian Simpson, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences Wednesday 12th November 2003 2B121 Cottrell, 2-4pm Admire them or despair at them, every PhD student has a supervisor who's trying to help you along the path to your doctorate. How do you the student get the right information from them? Should you brow beat the poor over worked supervisor into a pulp to extract guidance or sit patiently by their door for the wisdom to ooze from underneath? This seminar tries to open the old can of worms about student-supervisor relationships in an attempt to identify some short cuts for the new and even more experienced supervisor. This sessions will help you to manage your supervisor for success; highlight difficulties that you may experience; to identify methods of best practice and includes an introduction to the supervisors view on best management practices; who has responsibility for what; examine the relationship between student and supervisor; identify short cuts. To register for this session please send an e-mail to the graduate-research-list(a)stir.ac.uk, or contact Wilma Ellis on (46) 6691 (wilma.ellis(a)stir.ac.uk) Wilma Ellis Research Services Officer Planning and Research Office University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Tel: 01786 466691 Fax: 01786 466688 E-mail: wilma.ellis(a)stir.ac.uk