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 Jul 02, 2015
Thursday Jul 02, 2015
The teaching excellence framework, a shake-up of quality assurance, and this week's books section are all discussed in the latest Times Higher Education issue review.
Thursday Jun 25, 2015
Thursday Jun 25, 2015
The future for higher education unions, academics who befriend their students on Facebook, and the possible return of the polytechnics are all discussed in this week's issue review.
Thursday Jun 18, 2015
Thursday Jun 18, 2015
Higher education institutions' efforts to tackle "lad culture", University of Exeter vice-chancellor Sir Steve Smith's views on spending cuts and immigration policy, and this week's books section are all covered in this Times Higher Education issue review podcast.
Thursday Jun 18, 2015
Thursday Jun 18, 2015
Writtle College was granted degree-awarding powers in March 2015. In this podcast, reporter Chris Parr discusses with principal, Steve Waite, what this means for the future of the specialist college, and hears about its plans for the future.
Thursday Jun 11, 2015
Thursday Jun 11, 2015
The trend for universities to set grant income targets for individual academics, new research on grade inflation, and the future of the Athena SWAN gender equality charter mark are all discussed in this week's issue review podcast.
Wednesday Jun 10, 2015
Wednesday Jun 10, 2015
Times Higher Education has published its Asia University Rankings 2015, based on the same tried-and-trusted performance indicators that underpin the prestigious THE World University Rankings.
Thursday Jun 04, 2015
Thursday Jun 04, 2015
The results of the Hepi/HEA survey of Student Academic Experience, one man's quest to research low-cost private education in developing countries and news from the British Council's Going Global conference for leaders of international higher education are all discussed in this week's issue review podcast.
Thursday May 28, 2015
Thursday May 28, 2015
How many of the world's top universities are led by women? Are there enough academic jobs for the number of people with PhDs? Is the end nigh for overseas branch campuses?
Thursday May 21, 2015
Thursday May 21, 2015
The financial difficulties facing university staff on fixed-term or casualised contracts, the future of the doctoral thesis, and the UK's performance in a global higher education ranking which is adjusted to take account of GDP are discussed in this week's issue review podcast.
Thursday May 14, 2015
Thursday May 14, 2015
The implications of the 2015 general election, the latest books section, and ethnological research in Magaluf feature in this week's Times Higher Education issue review podcast.