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Relations with Supervisor
Above all, be clear about what help you can reasonably expect from your supervisor. You can certainly expect that your supervisor
- Help you select and frame a research topic, and assist you in getting the research under way,
- Ensure that you have adequate resources to carry out your research, and
- Advise you both on the content of your thesis and papers and on their format and style of presentation as well.
Beyond this, the amount of further assistance you receive is for negotiation between you and your supervisor. Be, regards you as capable of independent study, your supervisor. Will normally expect you to take the initiative in asking for help. As a postgraduate student, you are expected to take the primary responsibility for your own progress. Sometimes these difficulties
others feel uncomfortable
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