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Supervisors

Your supervisor or supervisors are generally your first point of contact on any academic and research matters. Try to meet with your principal supervisor regularly in the first weeks to discuss:

Your project
Research methods you might use
Particular topics, skills or techniques you might need to learn
Equipment you might need to build or access
Research ethics and intellectual property issues including keeping research records

It's also good to discuss generally how you are settling in and any concerns or difficulties you might have.

Use the Supervision Agreement Between Students and Supervisors as a basis for some of the early discussions with your supervisor. Not everything will be relevant right away but the agreement will give you an idea of the range of topics that need to be discussed in the first 12 months of PhD candidature.

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