"academic supervisor" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a person who oversees and guides the academic progress of a student, typically in a university or graduate program. Example: "My academic supervisor helped me choose my research topic and provided valuable feedback throughout my dissertation writing process."
"I remember that he changed somewhat," said Dittmar Machule, his academic supervisor at Hamburg Technical University.
On the day McFaul was preparing to go home, he went to see his academic supervisor in Moscow, Apollon Davidson.
Even that project seems inherently flawed: in an opening letter to his academic supervisor, the young man questions "the very purpose of our enterprise".
Your tutors "Speaking to an academic supervisor or course tutor about your mental health may be scary at first," says a spokesperson for Mind.
In November 1997 he paid an unexpected visit to his academic supervisor, Professor Machule, to discuss his thesis, then disappeared again for about a year.
If you have to register with a UK university, keep good contact with your academic supervisor there, too.
Her academic supervisors are envious of her advantage.
The aloof and notoriously distant academic supervisors, to whom the thought of not wishing to pursue further study is inconceivable.
"The fact that so many students reported threatening and intimidating experiences, including in relationships with their immediate academic supervisors, itself raises a serious concern," the panel wrote.
"Student inexperience – despite bags of enthusiasm – means that academic supervisors have to really get to grips with a case and provide close guidance," says Price.
(In your correspondent's case, these were requested from six academic supervisors, who not only did not disparage the idea as unrealistic, but responded with enthusiasm; one, it turned out, had even considered applying himself).
