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 Nov 09, 2017
Thursday Nov 09, 2017
The indigenisation of Canada's universities, footballer Gary Neville's new higher education institution, and the computer games bringing research to (virtual) life are all discussed in this week's podcast review.
Chris Parr, Ellie Bothwell, John Morgan and Matthew Reisz discuss the latest edition of Times Higher Education.
Thursday Nov 02, 2017
Thursday Nov 02, 2017
The pressure on universities to cut ties with Myanmar in the wake of the country's military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, an in-depth interview with former Berkeley chancellor Nicholas Dirks, and the return of the Sorbonne are all discussed in this week's issue review podcast.
Chris Parr is joined by reporter Ellie Bothwell, editor John Gill, and deputy features editor Jack Grove.
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
Predatory conferences, Jewish jokes and an interview with Nobel laureate Jeane Tirole feature in this week's Times Higher Education issue review podcast.
Chris Parr is joined by reporters Jack Grove and Ellie Bothwell, and books editor Matthew Reisz.
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
The state of liberal arts education in the US, the future for EU scholars based at UK universities, and the role of US scholars in advocating for evidence-based government policy are all discussed in this week's issue review.
Chris Parr is joined by reporters Ellie Bothwell and Rachael Pells, and news editor Chris Havergal.
Thursday Sep 28, 2017
Thursday Sep 28, 2017
The 2017 Labour party conference, our extended interview with new British Academy president Sir David Cannadine, and Australia's move towards implementing a "teaching excellence framework" are all discussed by the Times Higher Education editorial team.
Chris Parr is joined by deputy news editor John Morgan, books editor Matthew Reisz, and news editor Chris Havergal.
Thursday Sep 14, 2017
Thursday Sep 14, 2017
David Willetts (Conservative peer, former universities and science minister) and Andrew Adonis (Labour peer, former education minister and architect) discuss the state of UK higher education, including the tuition fee system, vice-chancellor pay levels, and the future of university funding. Caired by THE's John Morgan.
Wednesday Sep 06, 2017
Wednesday Sep 06, 2017
This week, more than 450 delegates from 52 countries across the world gathered in London for the 2017 THE World Academic Summit, hosted by King's College London.
The event made headlines around the world, and saw more than 75 speakers - including Nobel laureates and leaders of the world's highest ranking universities - come together to debate and discuss the global issues currently affecting higher education.
Chris Parr is joined by reporter Ellie Bothwell, editorial director of THE's global rankings Phil Baty, and head of content and engagement for the World Summit series Tim Sowula to discuss their highlights from the event.
Tuesday Sep 05, 2017
Tuesday Sep 05, 2017
The results of the 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings are out now! You can access the results in full here, and detailed analysis here.
In this podcast, the results are discussed by Phil Baty, editorial director, global rankings, at THE, and Seeta Bhardwa, student content editor. The podcast is presented by Chris Parr.
Wednesday Aug 16, 2017
Wednesday Aug 16, 2017
Is London still the place to be for students and researchers? How has Brexit impacted UK higher education? And how significant are the results of the THE World University Rankings? All these issues, along with a look at the programme for next month's World Academic Summit in London next month, are discussed in this podcast special.
THE's Chris Parr is joined by Ed Byrne, principal and president of King's College London; Funmi Olonisakin,vice-president and vice-principal (international) at King's; Evelyn Welch, senior vice-president and provost for arts and sciences at King's; and Tim Sowula, head of content and engagement for the THE World Summit series.
Friday Jul 07, 2017
Friday Jul 07, 2017
Recorded at the THE Research Excellence Summit in Taichung, Taiwan. Chris Parr is joined by Phil Baty, editorial director of global rankings; Holly Else, reporter; and Tim Sowula, head of content and engagement at for the World Summit seriues to discuss some of the key themes from the event. The summit was hosted by China Medical University.
We also hear from delegates including Cheryl Regehr, vice-president and provost at the University of Toronto; Alison Beavis, deputy dean in the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation at the University of Sydney; Katar Singh, director of international relations at SRM University; and Alan Lau, pro vice-chancellor of research performance and development Swinburne University of Technology.