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Oh wow, data management. That's a really, really good point and thank you so much for all those resources. I knew we'd need to be systematic about it, but I didn't know about those tools. I'll be delving deeply into those linked resources over the next few months. Really appreciated.

I am planning on keeping in touch regularly, definitely. I know it's going to be tough to hold the balance between making sure there's enough support to keep Minion on track, but without micromanaging her or making her feel pressured. I started in the first meeting by explaining that I'll want to see her whether or not she has achieved anything since the last meeting, so that it's not about checking up, it's about lines of communication. But I'm sure she'll have a phase when she feels horrible because things aren't going well and she'll be scared to tell me so.

And yes, we are both thinking seriously about career development, not just sitting there doing the research. Keele is a lot better than Oxford at actually providing a structure and explicitly both requiring and providing generic / transferrable skills, so I'm a lot better supported in this than someone supervising their first student at one of the more trad universities.