Tara Brabazon podcast

What is the role of creativity in a PhD programme?  Tara and Steve probe the troubling terrain of the creative doctorate.  Investigating the DCA (the Doctor of Creative Arts) and the PhD composed of …

The great survivor of French philosophy, Alain Badiou offers evocative and provocative theorizations of subjectivity, ethics and modernity.  Tara and Steve review his career, stature and value in the…

Slavoj Zizek is much more than a Slovenian Marxist philosopher.  Steve and Tara talk about why his theorizations of culture and politics have been so powerful and so popular.

How do we choose the correct pathway for our PhD?  Tara and Steve talk with Mick about the formulation of his PhD proposal.  They discuss how to create a focus and trajectory for the remainder of a r…

Tara and Steve Redhead enter the vexed terrain of doctoral examination.   They assist doctoral students and supervisors to manage the emotion of the process and create a concrete outcome:  a successf…

Anne McLeod talks with Steve and Tara about how to manage deadlines in her doctorate.  How can deadlines be productive, rather than debilitating?

Do you want to become a principal?  How will you achieve this goal?  Tara talks with Cameron Fraser, an experienced principal and academic in the School of Teacher Education at Charles Sturt Universi…

What are the strategies to create a safe learning community?  Tara talks with Paige Bennett about bullying and how the definitions, challenges and tools to manage it are transforming.  

An opportunity emerges to examine a PhD.  But what should this new examiner look for and what should be avoided?

There is a gift and power of physical education.  Tara talks with Dr umar umangay about why his HPE class worked so powerfully and passionately.

Can we think about decolonizing the curriculum through post-humanism?  Tara talks with umar umangay about bodies, embodiment, spirit and vision, offering a strategy to think about teacher education t…

As an early career researcher, the demands on time - particularly through teaching - are great.  How do ECRs find time for research?  How can we move great ideas into great articles?  Tara talks with…

What are the best social media choices for early career researchers?  Tara talks with Dr Randa Khattar about the most effective social media sites when developing an online profile and presence.

A teacher decides that the moment for professional development has arrived.  But what are the key issues to consider in terms of career planning?  Tara talks with Zeffie Nicholas about how a Masters …

Tara and Mick talk about the new theorist that Mick may engage with or - as usual (!!!) - discard!  This week, Mikhail Bakhtin is proving more significant for Mick and his work on memes.  Mick's inte…

What are the warning signs of poor supervisors and examiners?  In this final session, Steve Redhead and Tara Brabazon talk through the characteristics of problematic supervisory behaviour and concern…

Doctoral students own their own work, so when should a supervisor add their name to a publication?  Steve Redhead and Tara Brabazon enter this incredibly controversial area.  Who owns a PhD student's…

Why do PhD students and supervisors have to fill in so many (damn) forms?  How can we transform regulation into a positive outcome for the candidate and the candidature?  Steve Redhead and Tara Braba…