Tara Brabazon podcast

Tara talks with Kathryn Hardwick-Franco about rural, regional and remote education. Why does regionality offer to our universities? What values do our doctoral students express when re-evaluating injustice and inequality?

Tara presents this flipped professional development session on the confirmation of candidature. What is it? How can this milestone enable a successful completion? With attention to backward mapping, this 'start' of a candidature can enable a completion.

A provocative title for a disturbing, confronting and difficult topic. After the publication and dissemination of the Respect, Now, Always Report by Universities Australia, and also the emergence of the #metoo movement, how are relationships between students and staff managed in our universities? How are borders around behaviours, roles and emotions created? How can compassionate and kind supervision emerge, while being aware of the parameters of transgression? Tara and Jamie discuss this complex and important issue.

Tara presents a flipped professional development session for PhD supervisors. And it is difficult. Difficult people. Difficult situations. Difficult conversations. What creates these moments and events of difficulty? Working through some framing issues in doctoral education, Tara explores how to avoid the festering rage of difficult conversations, to create an even, caring, compassionate - and honest - supervisory relationship.

Tara presents this professional development session for PhD supervisors. How do you select an examiner? What characteristics are important to you? What about form and content? How do we continue to internationalize the doctorate, in terms of standards and quality assurance?

Dr Leanne McRae presents a controversial, complex seminar exploring death, public and private grief and memorialization. What does death and grief mean? What happens as grief moves from a private to a public space?

Tara offers a first pass of her research exploring translocalism, food tourism, regional development and Kangaroo Island.

An incredibly difficult group to study and understand is the community of students just about to enter an examination process. This session, facilitated by Tara Brabazon and Natalie Hills, opens out to the voices, views, questions and commentary of PhD students. What are their concerns with the PhD examination process? How do we reduce the risks confronting this stressful time?

Sometimes something remarkable is captured from a live seminar. This session - composed of completed and soon-to-be completed PhD students - explores the final three months before submission. What happens with family and friends, health and sleep, motivation and commitment? In this incredibly honest conversation, Tara talks with Jen, Ros, Tiffany and Ruby to understand the experience of a student in the final stages of a doctorate.

PhD students share their growth and challenges during the mid-candidature phase. Discover how one student tackles data analysis and finds direction. Dive into the importance of methodology and epistemology, uncovering how they interconnect to shape strong arguments. Common struggles like boredom and self-doubt are addressed, with practical tips to boost motivation and manage time effectively. This discussion provides invaluable support for navigating the often tumultuous journey of doctoral studies.