What do you bring when you meet with supervisors?

[lemma]

What sort out outputs do you try and bring on a weekly/fortnightly basis? What generally are the expectations in terms of how much you have accomplished? 

[Hope.for.the.best]

These really depend on your advisor. In general, your advisor wishes to hear about how your research is progressing. In my field with lots of experiments, my meetings are largely on experimental plan, difficulties, results and any follow-up work/future direction. My advisor also goes through the feedback on my writing. If you are stuck, probably it is a good idea to clarify with your advisor what is expected of you. 

[gradschoolprobs]

I agree with the poster that it's best to set weekly goals with the professor himself/herself. If there's no expectations, always still bring something even if it's minor.

[Adelaide9216]

I usually just have a notebook with key points I want to address/talk about. It really depends. In terms of my actual thesis, we just communicate by email most of the time. 

Edited August 29, 2018 by Adelaide9216