Campus Talks by Times Higher Education

THE podcast: 15 May 2014 issue review

The row between the University and College Union and universities that opted to dock staff pay, a decline in the amount of money pledged by donors to UK universities, this week's books section, and the higher education sector's role in training public sector employees are all discussed in this week's issue review.

Reporters Holly Else and David Matthews, news editor Simon Baker, and books editor Karen Shook join Chris Parr to look at some of the highlights from this week's Times Higher Education.

THE podcast: transnational education

The impact of transnational education on host countries is overwhelmingly positive, according to a major research project by the British Council and the German Academic Exchange Service.

In this podcast, the report, Impacts of transnational education on host countries: academic, cultural, economic and skills impacts and implications of programme and provider mobility, is discussed by John McNamara, director of research at McNamara Economic Research, and Michael Peak, research manager for education and society at the British Council.

The interview is conducted by Times Higher Education reporter Chris Parr, and was recorded on 30 April 2014 at the Going Global conference in Miami.

THE podcast: 8 May 2014 issue review

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.

Reporter Chris Parr is joined by news editor Simon Baker, and reporters David Matthews and Jack Grove.

THE podcast: Abubakar Rasheed interview

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. 

The interview took place on 1 May 2014 at the British Council's Going Global conference in Miami, Florida.

THE podcast: 1 May 2014 issue review

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.

THE podcast: Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 2014 rankings

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. 

THE podcast: Young Universities Summit 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.

THE books podcast: Prue Shaw interview

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.

THE podcast: 24 April 2014 issue review

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.

THE podcast: 17 April 2014 issue review

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.

Chris Parr is joined by editor John Gill, news editor Simon Baker, and reporter Jack Grove.