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… Funding: PhD Committee FHML (IPC) All rights reserved. No part of this booklet may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission from the authors. Contents PrefaCe ............................................................................................................................................5 IntroduCtIon … need to be acknowledged and handled carefully by supervisors. IntroduCtIon 8 Supervisors, on the other hand, may also experience doubts and difficulties in their relationship with a PhD candidate, even if they have ample experience with supervision. Whereas new supervisors might experience a lack of supervision skills or experience, the more experienced ones might not always be aware of the increasing gap between their own knowledge, skills and competences, and the level of those in their … as a source of 28 stress and frustration in case of a loss of trust between each other or a mismatch on a personal level. Supervisors also mentioned difficulties in dealing with PhD candidates who had personal problems that affected their work capacity negatively. Sometimes the supervision team did not function well, such as different supervisors steering in divergent directions, different views within the team, and not having good interpersonal relations within the supervision team: “[I …