Campus Talks is a fortnightly podcast from Times Higher Education. We talk to academics and administrators at universities around the world to share advice, insights and solutions addressing the big questions facing higher education today. Gather academic career advice and tips to improve your teaching, research practices, writing and public engagement work, alongside discussions on the most pressing issues in global HE.
Episodes
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.
Thursday Apr 03, 2014
Thursday Apr 03, 2014
Vice-chancellors' pay, a plagiarism row that spans generations, and the usefulness of bombarding prospective students with data about universities are among the topics up for discussion in this week's issue review podcast.
Thursday Apr 03, 2014
Thursday Apr 03, 2014
Morton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University, and Robert McQuinn, vice-president for alumni relations and development at the same institution, discuss the US education system, university finance and education technology with Times Higher Education reporter Chris Parr.
Monday Mar 31, 2014
Monday Mar 31, 2014
University of Edinburgh principal Sir Tim O'Shea discusses why his institution is so keen to increase the number of massive open online courses that it offers.