Tara Brabazon podcast

Tara and Natalie guide Flinders University students through PhD examination process. They discuss quality assurance, integrating publications, academic integrity, referencing, examiner selection, oral examinations, feedback handling, thesis embargo, and graduation. Emphasis on integrity, transparency, and timely responses in the examination process.

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.