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
Friday Mar 28, 2014
Friday Mar 28, 2014
In the latest Times Higher Education books podcast, Sir Richard Evans, regius professor of modern history and president of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, talks to THE books editor Karen Shook.
Thursday Mar 27, 2014
Thursday Mar 27, 2014
The 2014-15 recurrent grant allocations by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, academics recalling their PhD supervisors, and one scholar's escapades surfing in extreme environments are among the issues discussed in this week's issue review.
Thursday Mar 20, 2014
Thursday Mar 20, 2014
The cost of the higher education reforms, pre-degree pathway centres, the lack of black professors in UK universities and the idea of tying research council funding to diversity are all discussed in this week's issue review podcast.
Reporter Chris Parr is joined by deputy news editor John Morgan, and reporters Jack Grove, Holly Else and David Matthews.
Thursday Mar 20, 2014
Thursday Mar 20, 2014
John Last became the first vice-chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts when the institution gained university status in 2012. In this podcast, he discusses how the impact of this change, what it means for the university's future, and the impact of the removal of the student number cap on an institution that is frequently over-subscribed.
The interview, with Times Higher Education reporter Chris Parr, took place in January 2014.
Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
David Swayne is chief information officer at London South Bank University. In this podcast he discusses his role and responsibilities, as well as the changing expectations of students regarding university technology provision.
Recorded on 17 March 2014
Thursday Mar 13, 2014
Thursday Mar 13, 2014
Fears that universities could lose their licences to recruit overseas students, the implications of zero-hours contracts for university employees, and the memoirs of John Carey are up for discussion in this week's issue review podcast.
Reporter Chris Parr is joined by deputy news editor John Morgan, writer Matthew Reisz and reporter Jack Grove.
Wednesday Mar 12, 2014
Wednesday Mar 12, 2014
How important is the visual presentation of data to getting research noticed by policy makers? At the Jisc Digital Festival 2014, reporter Chris Parr met with Jo Wood, professor of visual analytics at City University London, and Jackie Carter, chair of Mimas at the University of Manchester, to discuss the role of images in research.
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.