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 Jan 28, 2016
Thursday Jan 28, 2016
The lifting of student number controls, our university ranking of the Arab world, and living costs in the world's top university cities are all discussed in this week's podcast.
Friday Jan 22, 2016
Friday Jan 22, 2016
Concerns about the teaching excellence framework, a researcher working in a cloud forest and this week's Books section are all discussed in this week's THE issue review podcast.
Friday Jan 15, 2016
Friday Jan 15, 2016
Our books editor, Karen Shook, speaks to Svetlana Stephenson, a London Metropolitan University sociologist and author of Gangs of Russia: From the Streets to the Corridors of Power, about her life as a university student in the USSR, her summer as a visiting fellow in the 'paradise' of the University of Kent, the undreamed-for changes in society and the academy ushered in by Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms, and interviewing 'the lads' of Kazan gangs about criminality, masculinity, social mobility and the code of the street.
Thursday Jan 14, 2016
Thursday Jan 14, 2016
What are most international universities in the world in 2016? The results of the latest Times Higher Education global outlook ranking are discussed in this week's issue review podcast.
Thursday Jan 07, 2016
Thursday Jan 07, 2016
Science in Canada, the UK's regional research groups, and outspoken high education critic Joanna Williams are all discussed in this week's issue review.
Friday Dec 18, 2015
Friday Dec 18, 2015
Students' role in curriculum development, the new THE Student section, and research into Kids Company are all discussed on this week's issue review.
Tuesday Dec 08, 2015
Tuesday Dec 08, 2015
Raj Kumar, vice-chancellor of OP Jindal Global University in Delhi, speaks to reporter David Matthews about higher education in India.
Wednesday Dec 02, 2015
Wednesday Dec 02, 2015
The results of the 2015-2016 BRICS and Emerging Economies university rankings are discussed in this podcast special.
Thursday Nov 26, 2015
Thursday Nov 19, 2015
Thursday Nov 19, 2015
What the government's spending review could hold in store for higher education, universities' efforts to combat rape and sexual assault, and whether the Russell Group deserves its elite status are among the topics discussed in this week's issue review podcast.