Emma & Tom Talk Teaching

We always like a good collaboration here on Cardiff Met's initial teacher education (ITE) programmes! Today we welcome to the studio our colleague Sioned Dafydd, and podcast veteran (from all the way…

Happy new year! Despite Emma and Tom both being performing arts specialists, we've never had an episode on the podcast about dance. Having recently met and collaborated with National Dance Company Wa…

Merry Christmas one and all! Yet again we find ourselves between Christmas and New Year, hopefully enjoying a well-earned break. And for the sixth time we have entered the studio with a total of twel…

As an initial teacher education (ITE) institution, we spend a lot of our time thinking about mentoring student teachers, especially how to support our school-based colleagues who undertake this vital…

We break new ground for the podcast today by having two guests from His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)! HMRC are the organisation who administer tax in the UK, and a little known fact about the…

We're back from half term with a few changes - Emma's got married and now has a shiny new surname, and we've moved in to our very swish podcast studio. That means you can watch us making the podcast …

For our final English-language research bite of this block, Tom is joined by PGCE Secondary RE student (and now NQT teaching four different subjects!) Bethany Maunders. For her second assignment, Bet…

Welcome to another of our specials where we let our hair down and have some fun with a bunch of random items culled from the furthest corners of the internet!

From academic research to musings about e…

It's a welcome return to the podcast for Dr Kevin Smith from Cardiff University this week. Dr Kev has done sterling work on our live panel discussions, as well as previously joining us from the depth…

We welcome Christy Scott back to Research Bites, noting that she is only the second student teacher to make two appearances during her PGCE. Congratulations, Christy!

For her second assignment, Christ…

It's time for another live panel discussion, a format we conveniently discovered a few weeks before the coronavirus lockdown, and then had to wait three years to have another go at! Now we're making …

We welcome back a newly-doctorised (?) Elizabeth MacGregor to the podcast this week. Last time we spoke to Elizabeth we were all in the depths of Covid lockdown and she was embarking on her PhD. Now …

PGCE Research Bites is back for another run! Today, PGCE Art and Design student teacher Hannah Woodward joins Emma to discuss her work on developing pupils' oracy skills through supporting their voca…

Welcome back to Emma and Tom Talk Teaching, and our sixth season of podcasting!

In this first episode of the new academic year, we've got an interview with Gareth Rein, headteacher of St Peter's Roman…

Hello to all our listeners - we're in the middle of the podcast summer hiatus, and just checking in to reflect on the last year and look forward to the next.

We're amazed to have completed five years…

We've reached the end of our fifth year of podcasting, so a huge thank you to everyone who's been along for the ride so far!

Our final episode this year was recorded in front of a live (and very quiet…

Rapidly attaining the status of podcasting legend, Dr Louise Allen-Walker returns to our studio for another fun-filled adventure in the world of neuroscience. Louise is the programme director for Car…