Interested to hear your perspective as a creative arts PhD candidate ie. in dance, creative writing, music (other than musicology or music therapy), visual arts, film-making etc.

It's an area I'm least familiar with, and am curious to hear about your project(s) and how you approach creative arts research at PhD level.

Anyone?

I think we all ought to have some of piglet's bread as part of our celebratory activities.

No one understands what you're doing - which can be a sign that you've been bold in your academic pursuits, venturing into uncharted and undiscovered territory. That's what the Wright Brothers did, as well as Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, and a number of other theoretical and applied researchers. The fact that some of their critics were openly hostile only served to drive their research. And that frame of mind is also applicable to the lack of apparent support in terms of equitable treatment in funding for you.

They all believed in what they were doing in spite of the opposition they faced, and we as a society are all the better because they stuck to their guns, so to speak.

Hi sleepyhead. From the description of your circumstances above, I would say that there people out there who view your circumstances as a welcome challenge to be used as a motivational point.

You've got a great supportive supervisor (which is more than many others here could ask for), albeit she does not have the expertise to aid you in your research topic (but she does try).

There is also a severe shortage of GPs in rural Australia.

It astounds me that this is how some people look for PhDs.

piglet - haha you don't have to make it sound like you just perpetrated another case of manslaughter.

ah ok, so it almost sounds like a regular journal club meeting except you're going to talk about your own research thus far.

Not sure what you mean by 'strictly small scale', but wouldn't your supervisor have given you a direction on this?

PhD students quite often get good jobs on condition that their PhD is awarded, even while they are still doing the write-up.

Unless you're referring to word-for-word plagiarism from your thesis? In which you'd definitely have a case to argue.

Obviously, if the results were previously published anyone can make reference to it. If your supervisor was one of the co-authors in your published paper he/she would have more leeway in presenting those results.

It sounds like one hell of a dodgy research institution that does have access to the necessary basic research tools.

You were author of your thesis but you may not own the intellectual property to results gained while working in your old lab though. See the legal/research administration dept of your university to discuss with them. This way you'll have all necessary information about IP ownership and legal issues before confronting your supervisor.

Reimbursement is fine, but I get the distinct feeling that he'd rather go on the planned holiday and spend time with his wife.

Your supervisor needs to be put down with a Vulcan Death Grip.

If you feel he's making unreasonable demands and you are willing to stand up for yourself, tell him/her how you feel about it, and then say that if this ccanot be resolved amicable, you will have to see the head of your dept and voice your concerns to her/him, assuming your head of dept is a reasonable person.