Here are some tips for students who wish to discuss their proposal with their supervisor. My personal advice…
- First of all, please discuss with your supervisor about his/her supervision ground rules. For example, meeting frequency, publication output, etc.
- Prepare a milestone. Perhaps a simple Gantt chart that shows plan of your study for current semester (Your supervisor would love to see this. Indirectly, it shows your commitment towards your study)
- You might wonder how to search for articles. Please discuss about this with your supervisor. He/she is more than happy to guide you about information literacy skills.
- Discuss your research topic. Whatever topic that comes in your mind, discuss it with your supervisor. Your supervisor would like to know what is your research interest as well. He/she might support/reject your research topic, but a good supervisor will give a suggestion. When you have your research topic, it shows that you are serious in your research and you did not come to us with empty hand.