Hi,

Wow, sound like you've had a tough time and your supervisor definalty isnt helping!

Ok, firstly the person who checked your thesis instead of your supervisor may not have lied but may simply have had a different opinion of your work to your supervisor. It might be an idea to speak to your supervisor (though i can see why this idea might not sounds great) and see what he thinks is wrong with it, because frankly if he gets someone else to check it then disagrees with the outcome he should really check it himself.

Do you know who the academic/research student administrator is for your department/school? it might be worth finding them and speaking to them as they can be really helpful and are quite well informed in how to handle problem supervisors.

Alternativly you could go and speak to someone in your students union, as they should have someone there who can advise you.

I hope this has helped, and i hope everything works out for you.
Try to keep your chin-up, things will get better

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Don't worry about not being in the lab yet, every PhD is different.

Not getting into the lab quickly can be very frustrating, especially if you've come from a job or undergrad where you were in the lab lots, but don't worry you've got plenty of time.

Some of my PhD friends who started the same time as me were in the lab in their first week, im now in the second year and ive only just started lab work. But that's ok because not going straight into the lab gave me a chance to do a more indepth literature review and now i have a better view of my research area.

Basically, i'd suggest continuing with your literature review as once you've got that done that's a big bit of your thesis done which you will only need to update slightly over the coming 3-4 years.

Hope this helps!



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At the moment its either "Love Drunk" Boys Like Girls or "Lost in Stereo" All Time Low
But this changes week to week lol, last week my motivation songs were "Back to Hell" Alkaline Trio and "Nothing" A

Hi Emaa,

I had a look but i cant find it.

Sorry

Hi Everyone,

I know this topic or similar topics have appeared on this forum before but i just feel like i need to talk to someone and 'let it all out' so to speak....

Im in my first year of my PhD, im in a different uni to my undergrad and i dont live on campus... so as you can guess socialising is pretty hard.

Recently ive been feeling down and frustrated about my work, im currently trying to get into the lab but i just feel like im spinning my heels! Ive also been feeling really lonely as ive left most of my close friends at my undergrad uni and i feel like theres an empty space inside me.

I dont feel like i have anyone i can really talk to at uni despite the fact i know a fair few people... the problem is i dont really know any of them well enough to talk to them and My uni is quite small so its easy to recognise/know most people.

I know one or two people really well but i feel i cant talk to them either as i dont want to lay out all my problems before them (i would feel like im being a nuisance).
Im very shy (although you wouldnt think this if you met me) so i find it hard to speak to people as im worried i'll annoy them and then i'll lose one of the few close friends i have.

Overall i know this post sounds all over the place and confused but thats how i feel... i know i should try to be more pro-active and get out more but it just seems that most of the people i know here just want to say Hi and never want to hang out or socialise. Just seems like they have their own stuff to do and you are just a passing glance.....


.....im just fed-up of putting on a happy face to the world