How to Succeed in Postgraduate Study

Marie desJardins [marie@erg.sri.com]

Abstract:

This paper attempts to raise some issues that are important for postgraduate students to be successful and to get as much out of the process as possible, and for supervisors who wish to help their students be successful. The intent is not to provide prescriptive advice -- no formulas for finishing a thesis or twelve-step programs for becoming a better supervisor are given -- but to raise awareness on both sides of the supervisor-student relationship as to what the expectations are and should be for this relationship, what a postgraduate student should expect to accomplish, common problems, and where to go if the supervisor is not forthcoming.

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