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How do you tell your supervisor that you're unhappy with their supervision?
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You don't.

I posted here very regularly under another username when I was doing my PhD and clearly wasn't happy as it proved very, very, very difficult to get feedback from my supervisors - they were useless. I passed my PhD but the viva was difficult. A supervisor sat in and it must have freaked him out as he tried to take complete control of the corrections. He was getting the internal to send them to him, he was doing them and wanted me to pass them back to the internal! At first I humoured him but then I voiced my concerns to him (he appeared to become uptight) and I started to take more control of the corrections. I even tried to engage with the internal but she still sent additional corrections back through my supervisor. I had to start cutting him out towards the end in an effort to keep the thesis my own and I'm now minus a referee because I actually did the right thing, in my opinion. I was put in a dreadful position, it shouldn't have been allowed to happen and I'm still extremely distressed about it.

In my experience, academics have a bigger ego than a sense of academic integrity!

Another job app rejection letter
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Hi Satchi,

I've applied for short-term posts and a rejection I received recently was for a part-time post lasting less than a year!

Another job app rejection letter
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satchi, If it helps, I've been looking for a job since about March 2011 and have applied for 100's I'd say and I got a rejection last week (after an interview) and a rejection about 10 minutes ago (after an interview). I just have difficulty 'thinking on my feet' at interview.

It's really, really tough out there and so don't take it personally.

Good advice from David, keep going!

The corrections process
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Actually it is obvious to me, at least the part about who should do the corrections, and although I'm not prepared to expand on the matter I've a feeling asserting myself about the matter hasn't gone down too well with my supervisor. Just thought I'd check with others regarding their experiences.

The corrections process
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Could people please tell me, what is the process for corrections?

Are examiners meant to pass their corrections to a student via the students supervisor? Are supervisors meant to do the corrections?