Research students

Exchange opinions with your fellow students on the following
issues:

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  your idea of a good supervisor
  
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  your experience in collaborating with the research supervisor
  

In Focus
Expressing difference

Phrases	Examples
oppose to… opposite to … differ from … (in) different from… (in) contrast with … (in) distinguish (between) differentiate (between)	Critics opposed to D. H. Lawrence and attacked his novels on various grounds. The results of the first experiment were opposite to those got from the repeated experiment. The meaning of many academic words differs from specific meanings they have in various disciplines where they are used as terms. Your experience as a postgraduate student may be very different from your time as an undergraduate. Academic life and study methods in the UK may contrast with what you have experienced in your country in many respects. We should distinguish/differentiate between different meanings of the term “faculty” used in US and UK university systems.
unlike … (in) dissimilar from … (in) distinct from…	Unlike an old-fashioned rote learning modern education is based on stimulating creative thinking. The researcher’s approach is not dissimilar from the one applied in our investigation. Studying online is distinct from face-to-face study in using the Internet as the primary means of communication.