Hi, all. I am starting a PhD (tomorrow!) and am getting nervous. I just completed my MSc at the same school with the same supervisor. We have a great working relationship, but as she is a new prof, she lacks the experience and wisdom of a more established prof, and I actually starting to doubt how much she will be able to guide me once I get into it. What do you folks think are the most important qualities of a supervisor?
Are you in the UK? A prof in the UK would be very experienced. I did read that a younger supervisor can be better than a more experienced busy supervisor (like mine who you can never find) as they have a lot more time for you.
Getting work back quickly would be a nice quality for my supervisor, but failing that I did eventually got very detailed feedback.
You can get advice from other people to widen your knowledge, e.g. your peers, postdocs and other people experienced in a particular area.
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