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 Mar 14, 2013
Thursday Mar 14, 2013
Olympians Steve Cram and Bill Tancred, chancellor of the University of Sunderland and director of sport at University Campus Suffolk respectively, meet Chris Parr to talk about sport and the academy.
Monday Mar 11, 2013
Monday Mar 11, 2013
The future of Indian higher education, including the objectives of the government's 12th five-year plan and the challenges around education funding, are up for discussion as Times Higher Education's editor at large Phil Baty meets Pawan Agarwal, education adviser to the Indian government's Planning Commission. The interview takes place on 6 March at the 2013 Going Global conference in Dubai.
Thursday Mar 07, 2013
Thursday Mar 07, 2013
The potential impact of the spending review on higher education, universities' approach to risk, and the intellectual rigour of artistic practice as research all feature on this Times Higher Education issue review. Chris Parr is joined by reporter Matthew Reisz, news editor Simon Baker and deputy news editor John Morgan to discuss some of the highlights from this week's edition.
Monday Mar 04, 2013
Monday Mar 04, 2013
On 4 March 2013 Times Higher Education published its annual World Reputation Rankings. Phil Baty, THE rankings editor, talks about the methodology, the findings, and the sometimes divisive nature of university league tables.
Thursday Feb 28, 2013
Thursday Feb 28, 2013
Research fraud, student occupations, PhD students' pay levels and higher education in Qatar all feature on this Times Higher Education issue review. Chris Parr is joined by reporters Elizabeth Gibney and David Matthews, and editor John Gill, to talk through some of the highlights from this week's edition.
Thursday Feb 28, 2013
Thursday Feb 28, 2013
University of Reading vice-chancellor David Bell, former permanent secretary at the Department for Education, talks Whitehall, mission groups, Moocs and international expansion in this exclusive interview with Times Higher Education reporter Chris Parr.
Thursday Feb 21, 2013
Thursday Feb 21, 2013
Are scruffy clothes a sign of intelligence? And will David Cameron's visit to India benefit UK higher education? These are among the topics covered on this week's issue review. Chris Parr is joined by reporters Matthew Reisz and David Matthews, and editor John Gill, to talk through some of the highlights from this week's edition of Times Higher Education.
Wednesday Feb 20, 2013
Wednesday Feb 20, 2013
Phil Baty, editor of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, meets Tsinghua University professor Chen Hong at the Association of International Education Administrators 2013 conference in New Orleans to discuss how the rankings influence Chinese higher education institutions.
Thursday Feb 14, 2013
Thursday Feb 14, 2013
Richard III, open access and the German REF are among the topics covered on this week's issue review. Chris Parr is joined by reporters Paul Jump, David Matthews and Elizabeth Gibney to talk through some of the highlights from this week's edition of Times Higher Education.
Thursday Feb 07, 2013
Thursday Feb 07, 2013
Moocs, open access and imaginatively titled research papers are among the topics covered on this week's issue review. News editor SImon Baker and reporter Paul Jump join Chris Parr to flick through some of the highlights in this week's edition of Times Higher Education.