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 Mar 06, 2014
Thursday Mar 06, 2014
Possible cuts to UK universities' spending per student, this week's Books section and huge rises in the number of students diagnosed with dyslexia are all discussed in this week's issue review.
John Elmes is joined by books editor Karen Shook, reporter Jack Grove, and news editor Simon Baker.
Wednesday Mar 05, 2014
Wednesday Mar 05, 2014
In this podcast, the results of the 2014 Times Higher
Education World Reputation Rankings are discussed by rankings editor Phil
Baty and reporter Chris Parr.
The league table lists universities in terms of reputation and prestige, and was published on 5 March 2014.
Thursday Feb 27, 2014
Thursday Feb 27, 2014
Reaction to the inaugural research excellence framework, possible changes to post-study work rules for overseas students, and fears that Durham University is considering abolishing its college system are up for discussion in this issue review podcast.
Reporter Chris Parr is joined by news editor Simon Baker, deputy features editor Paul Jump and reporter David Matthews.
Friday Feb 21, 2014
Friday Feb 21, 2014
Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder professor of geography at the University of Oxford, in conversation with Times Higher Education books editor, Karen Shook.
Professor Dorling is the author of this week's book of the week, All That is Solid: The Great Housing Disaster.
Thursday Feb 20, 2014
Thursday Feb 20, 2014
The implications of a proposed marking boycott, the possibility of banks providing an alternative to student loans, and Nick Hillman's first interview as director of the Higher Education Policy Institute are discussed in this week's issue review.
Reporter Chris Parr is joined by deputy news editor John Morgan, and reporters Holly Else and Jack Grove.
Tuesday Feb 18, 2014
Tuesday Feb 18, 2014
Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, and John Kolb, vice-president for information services and technology and chief information officer at the same institution, discuss the university's plans for the future.
Thursday Feb 13, 2014
Thursday Feb 13, 2014
Philip Roscoe, reader in management and director of postgraduate
research in the School of Management at the University of St Andrews in conversation with Times Higher Education's books editor, Karen Shook.
Dr Roscoe is the author of this week's Book of the Week, I Spend, Therefore I Am: The True Cost of Economics, and
a member of the debut 2011 cohort of the BBC Radio 3/AHRC New
Generation Thinkers.
Thursday Feb 13, 2014
Thursday Feb 13, 2014
The effectiveness of university outreach activities, the 2014 grant letter, our regular HE and Me section and Germany's U-turn on tuition fees are all discussed in this week's issue review.
Reporter Chris Parr is joined by editor John Gill, news editor Simon Baker, editorial assistant John Elmes and reporter Jack Grove.
Thursday Feb 06, 2014
Thursday Feb 06, 2014
Student loan money going to private colleges, the rankings success of Caltech, our interview with Queen Mary University of London professor of humanities Barbara Taylor, and the problem of gender inequality in science are up for discussion in this week's issue review.
Reporter Chris Parr is joined by news editor Simon Baker, reporter Holly Else, writer Matthew Reisz and editor at large Phil Baty.
Thursday Feb 06, 2014
Thursday Feb 06, 2014
Fahoum Shalabi, assistant deputy minister for higher education in the Palestinian National Authority, and Karim Tahboub, professor in the department of mechanical engineering at the Palestine Polytechnic University and vice-chairman of the Higher Council for Scientific Research in Palestine, talk to Times Higher Education reporter Chris Parr.
The interview took place on 16 January 2014.