Tara Brabazon podcast

Steve, Tara and Mick explore the role and challenges of big chapters in a PhD. Should a big chapter be split? Should it be submitted as a coherent whole? We explore why size does matter in PhD chapters.

Sunny, Steve and Tara talk about the challenges when moving into the final year of a PhD. It is important to maintain motivation, but also recognize the work that is still required alongside the work already completed.

Steve and Tara have an announcement to make. They also talk about the past, present and future of cultural studies.

Tara hosts a very special event in Brisbane, talking with women in higher education. We discuss the challenges for women in the neoliberal university, but express shared strategies and goals for the future of our institutions.

Tara, Workshop presenter at CQU's Research Higher Degrees event, shares strategies for speeding up doctoral candidature. Topics include efficient time management for completing a thesis, maintaining structure in supervision, building a scholarly community for students, and handling challenges like deadlines and emotional struggles.

How have disintermediated media transformed doctoral education? How can disintermediated media enable a productive, fair, rigorous, transparent and compassionate relationship between supervisor and doctoral candidate? Tara shares her keynote address for Central Queensland University's Research Higher Degree Event, held in February 2016.

As Anne's work turns to the discussion of equity and the professions, Steve and Tara acknowledge Anne's fascinating andragogical strategies, using sound and sonic recordings to scaffold her argument.

Mark, Tara and Steve explore - and expose - the specific challenges when configuring a confirmation of candidature document for creative-led doctoral theses.

Tara, Steve and Mick talk about the challenges of doctoral research, particularly encircling the phrase 'an original contribution to knowledge.'

Sunny, Steve and Tara talk about the use of sound to create a thinking space for doctoral education, particularly enlivening oral history methods.