Making Good Use of Your Supervisor

In this fascinating paper, Sarah Li and Clive Seale show how, during the course of her supervision by Clive, Sarah took on a new professional identity (from nurse to sociologist).

Sociology, 42 (5), 987-1002 (2008)
DOI 10.1177/0038038508094575
http://soc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/42/5/987

'Acquiring a sociological identity: an observational study of a PhD project'
Sarah Li, Kingston University and St George's, University of London, UK
Clive Seale, Brunel University, UK

TIP
Providing your supervisor is willing, it makes sense to audio-record each supervision as well as to keep written notes. This will allow you to review what was said in greater detail. It may also provide material for your methodology chapter.