Tara Brabazon podcast

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.

The lack of communication and shared vision results in profound challenges in doctoral supervision. Therefore Tara asked PhD students what they believe are the characteristics of a great supervisor.

Tara addresses the specific context of mid-career academics and doctoral supervision.

As part of this Steps programme, Tara talks about how to build PhD supervisions when an early career researcher.

This special event features the leadership team of Emerald Publishing, from Yorkshire in the UK, talking about the future of academic publishing. The PhD students from Flinders University ask provocative questions at the conclusion of the presentation.