PhD students feel faculty present student work as their own
11 posts across 5 communities in the last 30 days; 46% from r/PhD.
“I’ve seen a lot of posts regarding PhD outreach and it really icks to make a post about it. However i need some clarification cause i think I’m having some misconceptions. Starting with my profile, i would say it got decent publications, internships and projects and good gpa…”
“I met a grad student of a friend while at a conference, and they expressed interest in a project I'm starting. I recently found a public dataset that would relate to my project, and I may use it for a paper. I thought about contacting this grad student to see if they wanted to…”
“Hello everyone! I recently just started my 3rd year (PhD in Computing) and the main focus has been on my thesis-writing / data analysis etc. since parts of my experiments are still ongoing. Just the other day, I came across a research associate / phd researcher opportunity from…”
Several PhD students recount experiences where faculty members presented student work as their own, highlighting concerns about academic integrity and proper attribution.
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“I'm in my PhD right now for a STEM related field, and I'm sort of losing my love for science (4th year) and I would love to just have a low(er) stress job that still pays a living wage... maybe not at all in science…”
Was it ever worth it? [re: Is it worth doing a PhD anymore?]
“I’ve seen a lot of posts regarding PhD outreach and it really icks to make a post about it. However i need some clarification cause i think I’m having some misconceptions. Starting with my profile, i would say it got decent publications, internships and projects and good gpa, coming from a lesser known college (abt to complete my ug) So i have started reaching out to professors talking about their papers, and how i align with them. I have sent mails to some good unis and it’s like around 3-4 day”
“I met a grad student of a friend while at a conference, and they expressed interest in a project I'm starting. I recently found a public dataset that would relate to my project, and I may use it for a paper. I thought about contacting this grad student to see if they wanted to co-author, but am unsure. If it was my student, there'd be professional reasons: helping them on the market. I guess it's nice to help other students. But this was my idea, and I found the data, so I'm a li”
“Hello everyone! I recently just started my 3rd year (PhD in Computing) and the main focus has been on my thesis-writing / data analysis etc. since parts of my experiments are still ongoing. Just the other day, I came across a research associate / phd researcher opportunity from a university in the EU and I was quite surprised to see the project scope / job responsibilities aligning very much with what I do right now. It was a pleasant surprise because the research we're doing rn is considere”
“My PhD advisor had been my mentor since my undergraduate years and also supervised my master’s and PhD. We had an excellent relationship for years and developed a research idea together that we eventually patented. I was leading much of the research because I had extensive experience in the field. However, over time, I started noticing what felt like professional jealousy, especially when other students came to me for help instead of asking him. While I was doing a research internship abroad, my”
“[UK Humanities PhD applicant] I've heard frequently that PhD research questions/material always changes, but have had few people actually quantify or explain by how much. I'm asking as I've started to realise my research material is much more minimal than hoped, and its likely I'll need to alter my research angle considerably. I'm interesting in hearing how much other projects have changed as I find it a bit unclear by how much my topic is allowed to change. Some details: I c”
“Is academia really that small? Like do people actually know of other people in their field and have opinions of them? I’m interested in maybe getting a PhD and a career in science - just trying to understand academia’s culture. submitted by /u/TheRovingRadish [link] [comments]”
“I’ll try to make this short but basically when I was a PhD student a couple of years ago, I was funded by a government grant under my advisor. I started a lot of projects with them that I am now currently finishing up post graduation. I’m a tenure-track associate professor at a teaching school. I do not get time for scholarship nor am I being funded by the grant anymore. I already have enough publications for tenure since that’s not the focus of my position. Am I doing research for free? I’ve go”
“Anyone here in Social Sciences or Management research? I am a first-year PhD scholar in the HRM/OB area. Is there already a group where we can share our thoughts, challenges, progress (daily, weekly), and achievements (big or small)? If you are part of any such group or are planning to create one, please let me know. I would also like to be part of a group (preferably a WhatsApp chat group) where we can follow each others' journeys, including their ups and downs, progress, and more sub”
“I am nearing the end of my PhD and I have mixed emotions. My journey hasn’t been easy at all. Issues with supervision, writing and cliques. Made me think if I were to go back in time would I do the phd or not.. so thought to hear (read) your experiences and what you think of your journey? submitted by /u/Necessary_Jacket_178 [link] [comments]”