Jian Bakir: Teaching primary school in a war zone

In this episode, Will speaks to Jian Bakir, a third year Education PhD student. Jian’s thesis explores the experience of primary school teachers in active war zones – in this instance Aleppo, Syria. They discuss the very personal path to Jian’s research, the difficulties of collecting data from a war zone, her likes, dislikes and recommendations when it comes to doctoral life.   Recommendations: AI for literature: - https://elicit.com - https://scite.ai The PhD Life Raft podcast The Grad Coach YouTube channel  Chapters 00:08 Introduction 00:41 Jian and her research 01:18 The road to her PhD 02:45 The challenge of data collection 04:58 Jian’s professional journey 08:06 Her favourite aspect of the doctorate 09:36 Challenges and pain points 11:37 Support through the PhD 13:28 The support she wishes she got 15:20 Recommendations 18:45 Health and wellbeing 20:10 Advice for doctoral students 22:52 Studio wrap-up  The Roey Grad Podcast is a presentation of the University of Roehampton’s Graduate School.  Our theme music is by DiamondTunes  Our hosts are two PhD students at Roehampton, Charles Miller and Will Berard, who also edits and mixes the podcast. It was produced by Aaliyah Hassan. Comments, questions, want to appear on the show? Get in touch at [email protected]