Show Notes
In this episode, Filip Taneski, a PhD student within the School of Engineering, and Brittany Blankinship, a PhD student in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, share good practice by discussing their nominations for the 2022 Student Tutor of the Year. They discuss the relationship between their research and teaching, how their role as tutor has changed over the last two years, the difficult task of facilitating engagement while teaching in online classrooms, how they’ve adapted their practices in teaching and research the past few years, and much more.
Timestamps:
1:20 - Filip and Brittany introduce themselves and their research topics
3:10 - The two discuss: how have they found this academic year compared to previous academic years?
9:10 - Filip and Brittany discuss how they've balanced research and teaching during their PhDs
22:20 - The two finish off by reflecting on some experiences they remember fondly from their time teaching
Transcript
Music for this episode was provided by Hooksounds.
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