Tara Brabazon podcast

Tara and Steve have a sad announcement for podcast listeners.  Mick Winter - our remarkable PhD student - has died.  Steve and Tara talk about 'what's next' and what will happen to his thesis now.

Amy Seymour-Walsh talks with Tara about her PhD and her innovative strategy to move from a series of ideas and incomplete chapters and to a full first PhD draft.  

Tara and Steve offer concrete options and opportunities for PhD students and early career researchers when considering how to write their first refereed article.

Tara, Steve and Anne probe what it means when the word 'educator' is replaced by 'teacher'?  Particularly, they probe the consequences of changing the language from 'early childhood educator' to 'ear…

Steve and Tara introduce Mark Brown's mock confirmation of candidature.  They talk about the value of a mock event and how students can improve and learn through this process.  The podcast also inclu…

Tara and Steve talk about academic journalism as a mode and means of dissemination for scholarship.  When should academics consider journalism?  What are the challenges and pitfalls?  And - how can '…

What are the reasons to choose to enrol in a research masters rather than a doctor of philosophy?  Steve and Tara talk through the differences for students, supervisors and examiners and - once more …

What happens to part-time PhD students through a milestone process?  Tara talks about the use and value of interim milestones

Tara talks about the final PhD Milestone that moves student from candidature to examination.  She also talks about this challenging moment for students and supervisors and strategies to make this eas…

Tara talks about the 'difficult middle child' in the PhD Milestone Management System:  the mid-candidature review.  What are key tactics and strategies to enable completion of a PhD and success throu…

Tara introduces the first milestone in Flinders University's new Milestone system.  The first milestone - in the first year - is Confirmation of Candidature.

Flinders University is introducing milestones in 2017.  Tara introduces a quick series on each of the milestones.  This first session asks why milestones are necessary, and their value to learning, t…

Mick, Steve and Tara are entering the final drafting stages of Mick's thesis.  They have decided to work on two book proposals - one academic and one trade - while the drafting is taking place.  The …

Steve, Tara and Sunny enter the final stage of her thesis.  Steve and Tara introduce a strategy to keep this final difficult stage fresh for Sunny while also enabling her - remarkable - future career…

Tara and Steve talk about the victory of Donald Trump.  They explore the nature of 'the elites' and 'the establishment,' with attention to whiteness, femininity, heteronormativity and class.  More si…

Tara presents a podcast version of a talk she delivered for doctoral candidates at the University of the West of Scotland.  This talk is followed by commentary and conversation by the PhD students, o…

Tara talks with Professor David McGillivray about leisure and leisure studies, work and higher education, media and dissemination.  David is the Professor of Event and Digital Cultures at the Univers…

Tara talks with Dr Kevin Moore about the National Football Museum.  Kevin reflects on the nature of sport studies and museum studies, particularly through Brexit.  Popular culture remains a key area …

Tara and Steve probe leisure studies, exploring the transformations to work and education.  Particularly, we explore the changes to leisure studies and its ambivalent relationship with physical cultu…