you need to discuss with the faculty first. If he/she feels unhappy about it, you should not take in the student. Otherwise, that faculty would hate you and get back sooner or latter
你最好先跟这学生说,你想跟他去年的教授谈谈他的strengths and weaknesses,看看跟你的研究方向、做事风格是否match,然后再做决定,问他介不介意。 接纳学生多少要screen一下。另外,这学生找你也可能还只是个试探,这个阶段他未必想让别人知道,尤其是去年还跟着做的老板。 还有一个选择就是直接找个借口婉拒了,最简单。
首先谢谢大家的回复。这是学生给我的回信。我想和他原来的老师问一问,但不知怎么 问合适。我去年的年度评价有一条就是说“建议我多招募学生到我的方向”。所以我觉 得这也是一机会。 "Feel free to speak with him. I can tell you that it did not amount to much, because I was unable to get concrete data for my research area and the literature was not strong enough to support a real research effort. The only thing he and I did was discuss the topic and he gave some direction on how to begin and think about the research topic that I was proposing. Our communication stopped when my research topi
from what the student wrote, I can see: a. the student did not do anything for the faculty. If he was paid by that faculty in last year, you can imagine how that faculty would feel once he knows that you accept this student b. this student does not have good communication skills or is too lazy to be effective even you need student, stealing others' student is not a wise thing to do
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Thanks for the tip. I see the point now. Maybe I say the research interest doesn't match and refuse him.