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STAR 3 - Assessment

Tara Brabazon talks with Georgina Sanger and Liam Downing about their first year widening participation and retention project.  This third podcast in the series explores assessment.  How can effective assessment for first year students enable both learning and retention?

STAR Project 2 - Attendance

Tara talks with Georgina Sanger and Liam Downing about their STAR project on widening participation and retention.  In this second podcast, Georgina and Liam demonstrate the powerful - indeed causal - relationship between attendance and achievement.

The Star Project: an introduction

Tara introduces Georgina Sanger and Liam Downing and their STAR project.  This is a widening participation project and they explore the strategies to enable attendance. 

Why should graduate students read Erving Goffman?

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

Janine McCarthy reflecting on university administration, management and leadership

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

Tara's ten tips for a PhD oral examination

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

Anne McLeod 1 - a set up conversation for her PhD

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

Sustainable Universities 3

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. 

Sustainable Universities 2

Belinda introduces further strategies to enable a sustainable University campus.

Sustainable universities

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.