Advice, insights and solutions for the challenges facing higher education from academics, faculty and staff at institutions around the world. Hear teaching tips, writing pointers, discussions on the big issues, forecasts and first-hand experiences from university leaders.
Episodes
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
The British Council has predicted that outbound student growth is set to decline globally. What could this mean for internationalisation activities at campuses in the US, UK and Australia? We also bring you an on-the-ground report from a university set in the heart of China's booming tech industry and research saying students aren't happy about being labeled 'snowflake' in this edition of the Times Higher Education issue review.
Sara Custer is joined by acting deputy news editor Ellie Bothwell, deputy features editor Jack Grove and reporter Sophie Inge.
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Times Higher Education was at the 2018 World Economic Forum to discuss the research power of the world's top universities. Tim Sowula, head of content and engagement for the World Summit Series, speaks with Phil Baty, editorial director of the THE's Global Rankings, and M’hamed el Aisati, director of Content & Analytics for Research Management at Elsevier, about the economic impact of the WEF's GULF universities. We then hear excerpts from leaders of those universities talking about the importance of collaborations between higher education and industry.
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
A possible academic boycott of Israel, the economic impact of the World Economic Forum's group of universities, and this week's Books section are all discussed in this Times Higher Education issue review.
Chris Parr is joined by writer Ellie Bothwell, news editor Chris Havergal, data editor Simon Baker, and books editor Matthew Reisz.
Friday Jan 19, 2018
Friday Jan 19, 2018
The 2018 Times Higher Education Asia Universities Summit takes place in Shenzhen, China, from 5-7 February, and is hosted in partnership with SUSTech (Southern University of Science and Technology).
Chris Parr is joined by writers Jack Grove and Rachael Pells, editorial director for global rankings, Phil Baty, and head of content and engagement for the World Summit Series Tim Sowula. We also hear from Chunmiao Zheng, dean of the school of environmental science and engineering at SUSTech.
They discuss the rapid growth of Shenzhen as a city, China's increasing attractiveness as a research hub, and look at some of the highlights from the summit agenda.
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
THE journalists discuss the week in HE including threats to academic freedom in Turkey, academic moonlighters and an unusual marriage proposal. Chris Parr is joined by reporter Rachael Pells, news editor Chris Havergal and books editor Matthew Reisz.
Thursday Jan 11, 2018
Thursday Jan 11, 2018
The UK government reshuffle, which saw Sam Gyimah appointed minister for universities and science; a new report showing the value of overseas students; and an Australian research centre focusing on the study of "Western civilisation" are among the topics discussed in this week's Times Higher Education podcast.
Chris Parr is joined by reporter Sophie Inge, acting deputy news editor Ellie Bothwell, and news editor Chris Havergal.
Wednesday Dec 20, 2017
Wednesday Dec 20, 2017
Reductions in the number of UK-led research programmes receiving European Union Funding, higher education in Hong Kong, research with a Christmassy theme, and the best articles of 2017 are all discussed in this week's THE issue review.
Chris Parr is joined by student editor Seeta Bhardwa, reporter Jack Grove, news editor Chris Havergal, and editor John Gill.
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
This week's Times Higher Education issue review podcast takes a look at recent developments in the row over the amount that UK university leaders get paid. We also look at what the THE World University Rankings data tell us about the "Asian challenger" universities that are consistently climbing the international university league tables.
Chris Parr is joined by reporter Ellie Bothwell, data editor Simon Baker, and news editor Chris Havergal.
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
The dos and don'ts of research authorship, the chaotic state of higher education in South Africa, and the problems caused by one university's "biblically consistent curriculum" are all discussed in this week's Times Higher Education podcast.
Chris Parr is joined by reporters Holly Else, Ellie Bothwell and Jack Grove.
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Sexual harassment in the academy, grant application success rates, an interview with David Lammy MP, and the Global University Employability Rankings 2017 are all discussed in this week's Times Higher Education issue review.
Chris Parr is joined by editor John Gill, reporters Holly Else and Rachael Pells, and data editor Simon Baker.