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 May 08, 2014
Thursday May 08, 2014
Huge disparities in the levels of maternity pay at UK higher education institutions, ensuring graduates use their skills in the workplace, and a Nigerian vice-chancellor whose university was attacked by militants are all up for discussion in this week's Times Higher Education issue review podcast.
Thursday May 08, 2014
Thursday May 08, 2014
Abubakar Rasheed, vice-chancellor of Bayero University Kano, talks to Times Higher Education reporter Chris Parr about an attack on his university campus that left 18 people, including three of his closest friends, dead.
Thursday May 01, 2014
Thursday May 01, 2014
After years of animal-rights violence, scientists appear more willing to speak up for the value of experimentation with animals; shrinking stipends for doctoral students in the UK could be storing up trouble; and an Australian government report recommends extending the country’s demand-driven system to private institutions and to sub-bachelor’s courses: all this and more in this week’s issue review podcast.
John Elmes is joined by deputy features editor Paul Jump and reporter Holly Else.
Wednesday Apr 30, 2014
Wednesday Apr 30, 2014
As Times Higher Education publishes the third annual 100 Under 50 world university rankings, Chris Parr talks to THE rankings editor Phil Baty about the results.
Tuesday Apr 29, 2014
Tuesday Apr 29, 2014
The inaugural Times Higher Education Young Universities Summit, held in partnership with Plymouth University, took place in Miami on 28 April 2014.
In this podcast, reporter Chris Parr speaks to Jamil Salmi, global tertiary education expert and former World Bank tertiary education coordinator; Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang, president, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Umran S. Inan, president, Koç University, Turkey; Koen Lamberts, vice-chancellor, University of York; and Wendy Purcell, vice-chancellor, Plymouth University.
Tuesday Apr 29, 2014
Tuesday Apr 29, 2014
In the latest Times Higher Education books podcast, Prue Shaw talks to THE's Karen Shook about Reading Dante: From Here to Eternity, a work aimed at those who haven't (yet) read one of the world's greatest works of literature.
Australian-born Shaw, who undertook postgraduate study at Florence and Oxford, recalls determined note-taking at the feet of grand but mumbly Italian professors and the grey weather and snobbery of the UK's ancient universities. She discusses a groundbreaking Divine Comedy digitisation project, issues an amused reproof to Dante-phobics, and concurs with Bernardo Bertolucci and Primo Levi about the sublime beauty of Ulysses' famous lines in the Inferno.
Thursday Apr 24, 2014
Thursday Apr 24, 2014
How much should graduate teaching assistants get paid? Should more be done to encourage men on to female-dominated degree courses? And what lies in store in this week's Times Higher Education Books section? All this and more in this week's issue review podcast.
Chris Parr is joined by reporters Holly Else and David Matthews, and books editor Karen Shook.
Thursday Apr 17, 2014
Thursday Apr 17, 2014
The universities that are handing out more firsts and 2:1s than you might expect, a new vice-president for higher education at the National Union of Students, and the annual higher education financial health check are all discussed in this week's issue review podcast.
Thursday Apr 17, 2014
Thursday Apr 17, 2014
Associate professor of public international law at the University of Copenhagen, Ebrahim Afsah, talks about his Coursera massive open online course, Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World.
Thursday Apr 10, 2014
Thursday Apr 10, 2014
The future of the Higher Education Academy, using medical records in university research, and expanding the research excellence framework beyond the UK are all discussed in this week's issue review podcast. We also have a rundown of the fascinating contents of this week's Books section.