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
Wednesday Apr 06, 2016
Wednesday Apr 06, 2016
Times Higher Education has published its 150 Under 50 Rankings 2016, based on the same tried-and-trusted performance indicators that underpin the prestigious THE World University Rankings.
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
A new study into how performance management affects staff, a novel way of using Wikipedia in academic assessment, and the latest scholarly book reviews are all discussed in this week's issue review.
John Elmes is joined by books editor Karen Shook, and reporters Chris Havergal and Jack Grove.
Thursday Mar 24, 2016
Thursday Mar 24, 2016
The financial ramifications of the drop in international students, academic freedom in Turkey, and learning analytics technology that will revolutionise the sector are all discussed in this week's issue review.
John Elmes is joined by deputy news editor John Morgan and reporters Jack Grove and Chris Havergal.
Thursday Mar 17, 2016
Thursday Mar 17, 2016
The results of this year’s Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey, the merits of the University of California system, and the latest on UK quality assurance are all discussed in this week’s issue review.
Chris Havergal is joined by features editor Paul Jump, deputy news editor John Morgan, and reporter Jack Grove.
Thursday Mar 10, 2016
Thursday Mar 10, 2016
The knock-on effects to students following the loss of maintenance grants, a survey of European universities' strengths and weaknesses, and hiring academics X Factor-style are all discussed in this week's issue review.
David Matthews is joined by reporters Ellie Bothwell and Jack Grove.
Thursday Mar 03, 2016
Thursday Mar 03, 2016
Which world universities garner the most amount of private-sector research funding, are universities outreach efforts delivering, and a round-up of this week's books section are all discussed in our latest issue review.
John Elmes is joined by reporters Ellie Bothwell and Chris Havergal, and books editor Karen Shook.
Thursday Feb 25, 2016
Thursday Feb 25, 2016
The "golden goodbyes" of outgoing vice-chancellors, how an academic set up a school to educate Syrian refugees, and a round-up of our features section are all discussed in this week's issue review.
John Elmes is joinedby features editor Paul Jump and reporters Ellie Bothwell and Chris Havergal.
Thursday Feb 18, 2016
Thursday Feb 18, 2016
This week we discuss how pension changes could leave academics £1,000 a year worse off, an academic’s journey from the University of Bradford to leading a university in Oman, and our latest book reviews
David Matthews is joined by books editor Karen Shook and reporters Jack Grove and Chris Havergal
Thursday Feb 11, 2016
Thursday Feb 11, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn, public and private contributions to higher education, Chinese students’ critical thinking, and Times Higher Education's MENA Universities Summit are all discussed in our latest issue review.
John Elmes is joined by deputy news editor John Morgan and reporters David Matthews and Chris Havergal
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
Increased numbers of EU students at English universities, greater exposure of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, and the findings of Times Higher Education's 2016 University Workplace Survey are all discussed in our latest issue
review.
John Elmes is joined by deputy news editor John Morgan and reporters Matthew Reisz and Jack Grove.