Tara Brabazon's Blog, page 32
March 27, 2016
Anne McLeod 39 - Questions of consciousness
Tara, Anne and Steve discuss Guy Standing's precariat and how the early childhood educator fits into such a category and concept.
March 25, 2016
Mark Brown 10 - Antipodean Cocs and the challenges of part-time candidature
Mark, Tara and Steve talk through the deep and profound challenges of part-time doctoral candidature. How do we manage the stress while the clock is ticking, particularly when a confirmation of candidature is pending? We develop some strategies.
Mick Winter 31 - Size matters girlfriend
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.
March 22, 2016
Sunny Rue Chivaura 10 - Summoning self knowledge in the final year of a PhD
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.
March 5, 2016
Cultural studies and its futures
Steve and Tara have an announcement to make. They also talk about the past, present and future of cultural studies.
February 25, 2016
Women take issue with higher education
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.
February 23, 2016
Ride on time - time management for doctoral students and supervisors
Tara shares her workshop presentation at CQU's Research Higher Degrees event. She present strategies for increasing the speed of doctoral candidature. The audience - in both Rockhampton and Melbourne - offer their strategies for rapid doctoral completion.
February 19, 2016
5 minutes to hell, time to tell the truth - the disintermediated doctoral student
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.
Anne McLeod 38 - Anne and the sonic-led doctorate
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 Brown 9 - A confirmation of candidature document for creative-led research projects
Mark, Tara and Steve explore - and expose - the specific challenges when configuring a confirmation of candidature document for creative-led doctoral theses.
