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123456789\author{liamoc}\date{2026-05-03}\title{Could I be getting too many PhD students?}\p{I'm in a bit of a pickle, although I accept it sounds like an academic "first-world problem": I already have three first year PhD students ([Yi](yiyao), [Kai](kaiphan) and [Xin](xinloi)) that I supervise quite actively. I still have funding for one more international place and I'm currently talking to \em{four} additional people who want to do a PhD with me, some of whom are local students so very likely to get funding. The worry is twofold:}\ol{\li{I'm starting to run out of good topic ideas to help possible students get started on a proposal, and}\li{ I don't think I'm capable of supervising many more students, at least not in their first year. Once my existing students are further along it might be easier. }}\p{I am worried that I might have to start turning good people down — although I don't want to. But I fear that if I accept too many students the outcome will be worse for all of us.}