Tara Brabazon podcast

Tara talks with Monica Lawrence about indigenous health.  What creates social injustice?  How can we create social change?

Tara's Step training session focuses on a minor part of the supervisory journey:  the supervisory declaration at the point the thesis is about to be released to examiners.  What is necessary as part of 'compliance' in the declaration, and what enables a transparent, reflexive and accountable examination process?

Tara offers a new model for doctoral education.  How do we revision the PhD for our present?

Tara talks with Professor Jamie Quinton about Physics and the PhD.  Why complete a PhD in physics or nanotechnology?  They discuss the global trends in science PhDs and the specificity and benefits of the Australian doctorate in these disciplines.

Tara talks with Megan Prideaux, Partner Engagement and Pathways Officer at Flinders University.  They discuss cotutelles, a special, distinctive international doctoral mode.  What is a cotutelle?  What are its benefits and challenges?

Tara talks with Ashleigh Merriel, the head of higher degree progressions at Flinders University.  They discuss the difficult - messy - topic of sex, romance, love and doctoral education.  In a changing environment for students and supervisors, how are boundaries created and cultural safety enabled for candidates?

Tara Brabazon talks with Dr Leanne McRae about her new book in Emerald's Deviant Leisure Series.  The book, titled Terror, consumption and leisure spaces for harm in a post-crash era, explores why acts of terror emerge in shopping centres, concerts and on the streets.  They discuss the transformations to work and the ineffectual 'medication' of wellbeing.  

Tara talks with students in the crucial mid-point of their candidature.  What challenges are they confronting?  What solutions are available to them?

Annie Nguyen and Tara talk about the innovations of art-lead research.  Annie is investigating the history of a pigment - blue - and one of her case studies is Dayflower.  Listen to this and be amazing.

Tara and Natalie Hills take the Flinders university students through their PhD examination process.  The students - as always - worked us hard and asked key questions in doctoral education.

Tara talks with Barbara Doherty and Valerie Caines from Flinders University.  They have developed a remarkable career-development programme to render our graduates 'work-ready.'  But this is not simply professional development.  Barb and Val are creating edgy, authentic, powerful and engaging opportunities for students to understand themsevles and understanding their future.

Tara presents this short Steps Professional Development session on 'At Risk' students and candidatures. What are the characteristics of 'at risk' students and how are these characteristics managed to enable student success?

Complaints are always challenging to manage as a supervisor, higher degree coordinator or research administrator. What are the most commonly reported complaints to Ombudsman in Australia - right now?  The answers may surprise you. This podcast explores the complaints from students about supervisors, and also supervisors to students.

In this special session Tara talks with Nat, Tiff, Ben and Andrew.  Nat and Andrew have completed their PhDs.  Tiff and Ben are under examination.  But what would these remarkable students - ex-students - recommend to PhD students just starting their journey?: This is big.  Be inspired.

Tara talks with  Annie Nguyen about her remarkable research.  Blue is a strange colour.  Common in the digital world and rare in the analogue age, blue punctuates cliches and expressions.  Yet blue is rare.  And the rarest of blues is Dayflower.  Annie discusses this odd pigment and how it can offer a fascinating test case in moving art between analogue and digital realms.

Tara talks with Megan Prideaux, the Office of Graduate Research's magnificent industry, engagement and pathways officer. They explore the nature of 'industry engagement'.  What is it?  Why does it matter to PhD students?

Tara talks with Sue Charlton.  Sue's career created momentum for a remarkable PhD, questioning the configuration of regional health.  In this podcast, Sue explores paediatric physiotherapy and the deep and profound social injustices in regional locations.

Tara talks with Ros Wong about money.  And women.  And financial planning.  But Ros and Tara also probe the impact of the Global Financial Crisis on women.  They summon a theory to understand women's behaviour:  claustropolitanism.

Tara introduces the deficit model of teaching and learning, alongside its impact on doctoral supervision.

Once the thesis is submitted, students fret, sweat and stress.  Many supervisors do the same.  But how can the 2-3 months of examination be used productively and well?

In this professional development session for supervisors, Tara explores the challenging few weeks before the submission to examiners.  How do we stop those weeks becoming months, while controlling the emotion and stress of students and supervisors? Tara presents one solution:  10 drafts to submission.  

To enable a student to finish a PhD - and certainly finish in the minimum time - requires a sharp, precise and considered beginning to the programme.  As part of her STEPS Professional Development Programme for PhD supervisors, Tara introduces the 'Setup document,' the foundation for her first meeting and, indeed, the first year of a candidature. The link to the setup document is here:   https://w...

PhD milestones can be tough for the student.  They should be rigorous, precise and clarifying.  They should not be brutalizing, cruel and confusing.  This flipped training session for PhD supervisors probes the type of questions that can be asked of students and the scenarios to avoid.   What is a productive suite of questions for students and their development?

Tara introduces the PhD by prior publication.  What are the specific skills required to supervise this mode of doctorate?

This steps training session prepares supervisors for the artefact and exegesis PhD.  What are the challenges in this mode of doctorate and how can they be examined with success and consistency?