This is a great guide! I agree, finding a right supervisor is critical to complete a PhD research successfully and to grow as a researcher.
Sadly most students are guided by PhD funded project/scholarships first with limited option to choose the right supervisor. But at least those who get to continue in same university have the opportunity to know more about the potential supervisor.
Finding a supervisor whose overly ambitious or a perfectionist can also be a setback. They will try to get a student to do three PhDs in one😅, or all trials and error trying to answer every gap that comes from preliminary results.
That is true. Overly ambitious supervisor also doesn’t do good.
Thanks for engaging with my post.
Been trying to fill this niche of academics within Hive. Would need more support and interest.
This is a great initiative and it's great to finally have a community where academics can engage and grow intellectually. Looking at what you have been posting so far, I do get your vision to build this into a community that inspires and empowers each other!🙂💫
I am happy to share ideas and my support on branding the community vision, goals, and community rules and to make it more inclusive - whether one is a student, researcher, just interested in learning or is in the industry focusing on the application of research. This will encourage diversity and broad perspectives, and not entirely make it high level for post-graduates or academic settings.
And to make the community more engaging, perhaps one can consider using weekly prompts in the future, also posting Studentship/bursary opportunities we come across, Free training tools to make research or study more efficient or even training programs that are accredited and provide a certificate upon completion. For example Coursera or those organisations like FLUXNET, and UNFCCC-GIR-CASTT which run funded training for scholars and researchers. It would be great to put in a description and encourage people to also post similar initiatives across different disciplines.
The community can also target career insight, especially for students and graduates who aspire to study further or need exposure to choose careers that bridge academic research and industry needs considering that some disciplines are not easy to thrive outside of academia or to even position skills to get funding from the private sector that are looking to integrate research in their business model. This will encourage people to share their knowledge and experience across disciplines.
Thanks for your support! I have limited experience in getting the community going but what you suggest seems like a great ideas.
Academics are writers. I believe it will be good for Hive if we have more writing about academic life.
True, writing is a key component of academic work.