Tara Brabazon podcast

Tara Brabazon and Jamie Quinton unpick a flippant comment made by a senior Australian academic.  She dismissed the relationship between undergraduate teaching and learning and PhD supervision. But is there a relationship?  Should there be a relationship?  How is this relationship rendered meaningful?

The right woman.  The right time.  The right project.  Every now and again, a remarkable researcher transforms a field.  Listen to Narelle Hunter explore how disciplinary literacy can transform the teaching, learning and researching of science.

Tara talks with completed PhD students and scholars just at the cusp of submission.  How do you finish?  How does the PhD end?  A powerful moment in understanding the endings.

Join Natalie Hills and Tara Brabazon as they delve into the complexities of PhD examinations. They explore challenges like self-plagiarism, co-ownership in academic writing, and the importance of government support. The podcast offers practical advice on navigating thesis submissions, managing extensions, and sharing negative outcomes in research. Listen for valuable insights on the examination process, selecting examiners, and coping with post-submission phases.

Chapters delve into struggles faced by PhD students, from supervisor issues to financial difficulties. Stories of perseverance, personal growth, and academic success. Reflecting on challenges, positive experiences, and lessons learned on the PhD journey

Tara conducts an end-of-seminar discussion with PhD students about their aspirations and hopes for a PhD supervisor.  Evocative.  Provocative.  Convincing.

Jamie and Tara talk about that key moment in education:  the transition from high school to university. That first year of university is difficult.  Attrition rates are high.  What can be done to support, scaffold and enable first year university students?  Jamie explores the specific challenges confronting science students, while Tara probes the impact on teachers and teacher education.

Tara and Jamie Quinton talk about pencasting, and the Livescribe.  Many of us tried the smartpen a decade ago - but a new version has just been released.  But why use a smartpen?  Why did it fail a decade ago?  Why could it succeed now? And what is a pencast?  Is this a moment in the history of sonic media?

Exploring authorship guidelines, personal experiences in academia, collaborative research projects, challenges of co-authorship, and evolving research culture in academia are discussed in this podcast.

Tara talks with Tania Hall about the men and women with intellectual disabilities and their experience of group homes.  Tania's thesis has taken an unusual method, exploring the testimony of these men and women on YouTube.  Her thesis listens to the people on their own terms.  The results are startling.