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Episode Seven - Managing Feedback

Tara Brabazon podcast

Release Date: 01/24/2026

Episode Ten - Submission and examination show art Episode Ten - Submission and examination

Tara Brabazon podcast

There is so much focus on supervisors and the candidature of a PhD.  This focus reduces the understanding of the submission process and examination.  Episode ten focuses on the crucial moment of a PhD.  How, when and why it is examined.

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Episode Nine - Writing and editing show art Episode Nine - Writing and editing

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For episode nine, Jamie and Tara focus on the writing and editing of a thesis.  And the importance and value of quality writing to enable quality dissemination.

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Episode Eight - Managing Failure show art Episode Eight - Managing Failure

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PhD projects - like research more generally - are filled with failure.  Jamie and Tara talk about the importance of this failure and how it is a powerful moment in learning, development, transparency and accountability.

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Episode Seven - Managing Feedback show art Episode Seven - Managing Feedback

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Whenever complaints are listed about doctoral programmes, a lack of feedback is the most common response from students.  But what is feedback - and how can it operate with transparency, compassion, and usefulness?  Also - why do students ignore feedback?

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Episode Six - Publications and the PhD show art Episode Six - Publications and the PhD

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In this sixth episode, Tara and Jamie have a robust (!!!) discussion about the place and role of publications in a PhD programme and degree.

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Episode Five - Professional development and the PhD show art Episode Five - Professional development and the PhD

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Professional development is often as popular as teeth extraction.  But Jamie and Tara talk aboout why it matters, and why it is meaningful for a productive research education programme.

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Episode Four - Relationships and the PhD show art Episode Four - Relationships and the PhD

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Jamie and Tara explore the vexed terrain of professional relationships during the PhD

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Episode Three - PhD Writing Cultures show art Episode Three - PhD Writing Cultures

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Jamie and Tara talk about writing in a PhD programme, with attention to the 'craft' of writing and the separation of writing and drafting.

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Episode Two - PhD Reading Cultures show art Episode Two - PhD Reading Cultures

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Jamie and Tara explore the specific reading cultures that emerge in doctoral education.

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Episode One - Preparing for a PhD show art Episode One - Preparing for a PhD

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In this first episode of The Dance between Experience and Expertise, Tara and Jamie discuss how to prepare fro a PhD enrolment.

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Whenever complaints are listed about doctoral programmes, a lack of feedback is the most common response from students.  But what is feedback - and how can it operate with transparency, compassion, and usefulness?  Also - why do students ignore feedback?