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 Aug 15, 2013
Thursday Aug 15, 2013
A-level results day, clearing, overseas students' use of proofreaders and Oxbridge's relationship with competition law are all up for discussion in this week's Times Higher Education issue review podcast. Chris Parr is joined by deputy news editor John Morgan, and reporters Jack Grove and David Matthews to mull over some of the highlights from this week's THE.
Monday Aug 12, 2013
Monday Aug 12, 2013
A-level results day 2013 and the period of clearing that follows are up for discussion in this joint podcast from Times Higher Education and TES. Chris Parr is joined by reporters Jack Grove and William Stewart and THE editor John Gill to discuss the topics that have been making headlines as students prepare to receive their results.
Thursday Aug 08, 2013
Thursday Aug 08, 2013
International and postgraduate student fees, Research Excellence Framework (REF) anxiety, University of Cambridge professor of divinity Sarah Coakley and the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit are all up for discussion in this week's issue review. Reporter Chris Parr is joined by writers Paul Jump and David Matthews, editor John Gill, and rankings editor Phil Baty.
Tuesday Aug 06, 2013
Tuesday Aug 06, 2013
David Willetts, universities and science minister, talks at length about the potential for massive open online courses (Moocs) to change the way higher education is delivered. There then follows a question and answer session featuring UK university employees. The session is chaired by Anthony McClaran, chief executive of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, and was recorded at the QAA’s “We Need to Talk About Quality: Moocs – a Question of Quality and Standards” conference, held in London on 8 July 2013.
Thursday Aug 01, 2013
Thursday Aug 01, 2013
Variations in the number of hours students at different universities spend on their studies, the challenges of balancing a career in the academy with family life, and this week's Books section are among the topics up for discussion in the Times Higher Education issue review podcast. Reporter Chris Parr is joined by news editor Simon Baker, writers Matthew Reisz and David Matthews, and books editor Karen Shook to look at some of the highlights from this week’s edition of THE.
Thursday Jul 25, 2013
Thursday Jul 25, 2013
Ofsted reviews of university teacher training, the Performing Porn conference, our new Best University Workplace survey, and changes at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council are among the topics up for discussion in this week’s issue review podcast. Reporter Chris Parr is joined by news editor Simon Baker and writers Matthew Reisz and Elizabeth Gibney to look at some of the highlights from this week’s edition of Times Higher Education.
Thursday Jul 25, 2013
Thursday Jul 25, 2013
Myo Myint, Burma's deputy minister for education, and Kevin Mackenzie, the British Council's Burma director, talk to Times Higher Education's deputy news editor John Morgan and reporter Chris Parr about the changes happening in Burmese higher education.
Thursday Jul 18, 2013
Thursday Jul 18, 2013
One university's plans to assess academics on the basis of how many of their students obtain a 2:1 for their modules, India's five-year plan for higher education, and our weekly books section are among the topics up for discussion in this week’s issue review podcast. We also take a look at some of the contenders in our annual 'exam howlers' competition. Reporter Chris Parr is joined by deputy news editor John Morgan, books editor Karen Shook and reporter Jack Grove to look at some of the highlights from this week’s edition of Times Higher Education.
Monday Jul 15, 2013
Monday Jul 15, 2013
Our fifth Books podcast features Rachel Bowlby, author of A Child of One’s Own: Parental Stories, this week’s Times Higher Education Book of the Week. The University College London professor of English is in conversation with THE's books editor, Karen Shook. They discuss the view of parenthood in a range of literary works, including Mansfield Park, Great Expectations and Silas Marner, and the social and personal impact of recent developments in reproductive technology.
Thursday Jul 11, 2013
Thursday Jul 11, 2013
The 10 truths your PhD supervisor will never tell you, changes to university regulations, a community engagement scheme at the University of Brighton, and Michael Sandel are among the topics up for discussion in this week’s issue review podcast. Reporter Chris Parr is joined by writers Elizabeth Gibney and Matthew Reisz, news editor Simon Baker and deputy news editor John Morgan to look at some of the highlights from this week’s edition of Times Higher Education.