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
Thursday Aug 22, 2013
Thursday Aug 22, 2013
Our sixth Books podcast features Richard J. Williams, author of Sex and Buildings: Modern Architecture and the Sexual Revolution, this week’s Times Higher Education Book of the Week. The University of Edinburgh professor of contemporary visual cultures is in conversation with THE’s books editor, Karen Shook. They discuss Williams’ scholarly – and admittedly personal - search for the places form meets libido. His quest took him from the stern streets of Morningside to Brazilian love hotels, Frankfurt’s executive urinals and an odd evening in Wilhelm Reich’s orgone accumulator, via Mad Men and the ‘brick dick’, and ending up in the home of ‘pornomodernism’, Los Angeles.
Thursday Aug 22, 2013
Thursday Aug 22, 2013
The lack of female university vice-chancellors, Clearing 2013, and academics working late into the night and over weekends are all up for discussion in this week's Times Higher Education issue review podcast. Reporter Chris Parr is joined by editor John Gill, books editor Karen Shook, and reporters Elizabeth Gibney and Jack Grove to mull over some highlights from the latest edition.
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.