Learning about your rights and obligations as a student

Your rights
One of your major rights is the right to good supervision. This would include:
  • regular dedicated meetings with your supervisor to discuss the progress of your work;
  • useful feedback on your work (feedback on conceptualising your research, formulating your topic, handling of data, writing up of your thesis);
  • provision of an alternative supervisor in the absence of your main supervisor;
  • encouragement and financial support to present your work in conferences and through publishing.
Your obligations
Along with your rights you have obligations, so you have to:
  • comply with all university requirements and procedures;
  • attend the university for seminars, tutorials, courses or for any other purpose required by your supervisor or head of department;
  • submit regular progress reports as specified by your university;
  • complete your study within a specified period of time.

* Dealing with isolation.
* Formal procedure.
* Finding out about departmental resources.
* Clarifying expectations.
* Seeking, receiving and handling feedback.
* Strategies for getting the best feedback possible.
* Overcoming reluctance to seek feedback.


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