Tara Brabazon podcast

Tara asks Steve Redhead why graduate students should read Erving Goffman. He probes the strengths and weaknesses of Goffman for current researchers.

Tara talks with Janine McCarthy to explore the challenges of university administration, management and leadership.

Tara offers ten tips to assist postgraduate students about to enter the oral examination for their PhD.

Tara talks with Anne McLeod about her PhD, which investigates the transforming nature of professionalism in early childhood education.

Belinda Waddell, from the School of Teacher Education at Charles Sturt University, introduces the key changes we can make in reducing waste and increasing efficiency in our universities. Belinda particularly focuses on waste water and paper. She argues that we can make a difference if we think before we drink, and think before we print.

Belinda introduces further strategies to enable a sustainable University campus.

Tara talks with Belinda Waddell, the sustainability champion in the School of Teacher Education at Charles Sturt University. Belinda expresses clear goals and strategies for academics and administrators to explore when thinking about their use of water, paper and 'waste' materials.

Tara introduces a seminar by Dr Mike Kent exploring the relationship between theories of disability and elearning. Mike explores learning management systems and the future of accessibility.

Tara talks with Professor Bill Green about Murdoch University, higher education, literacy, language and politics. They explore a very particular, special and distinctive pathway through Australia's intellectual history.

Alan Bain talks with Tara about strategies to render universities more productive, socially just and collaborate. He explores his 'smart learning' project and the enabling smart tools that facilitate its development.