Sara Ahmed Reading Seminar Three - The politics of emotion
How are emotions negotiated in the public sphere? How do emotions rub? This podcast presents the reading seminar on Sara Ahmed's The Politics of Emotion.
4 Feb 20211h 4min
Steps Moving students from universities to industrial settings
The majority of PhD students do not remain in universities after graduation. The nature of university employment is precarious, part time and casualized. Therefore, how can we enable employment opti...
2 Feb 202116min
Steps Higher degree students and professional development
Professional development is about as popular as teeth extraction. What is ironic is that in universities - the home of learning - learning through professional development is deeply unpopular. This s...
2 Feb 202120min
Steps - Summoning a supervisory communication system
The next episode of our 'Steps' programme for higher degree supervisors explores communication - and mis/communication - between students and their supervisors / advisors. Why do so many students lea...
2 Feb 202121min
Sara Ahmed Reading Seminar Two - Strange Encounters
Strangers. Skin. Postcoloniality. The alignment of these three terms are volatile and productive. This reading seminar investigates Sara Ahmed's Strange Encounters.
31 Jan 20211h 1min
Sara Ahmed Reading Seminar One - Differences that matter
Welcome to our first reading group, exploring Sara Ahmed's Differences that Matter.
30 Jan 20211h 6min
Step Contact Officer
PhD students require a portfolio of support. Often forgotten is the 'contact officer.' But what is a contact officer and how can they create the early, quiet resolutions that are so beneficial to do...
10 Jan 20218min
Steps Supervising a posthumous thesis
Professional development is important, if earnest. This Steps session probes the saddest of supervisory experiences: the posthumous thesis. We explore the policies and procedures to enable the subm...
2 Jan 202135min
