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Campus Talks by Times Higher Education
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 teach...
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Campus talks: How to turn vulnerability into a teaching superpower
When students start university or return for a new semester, stressors such as cost of living and worries about academic performance or future job ins...
Campus talks: The value of arts and humanities
The arts and humanities bring multiple benefits to students, and society as a whole, but are often dismissed as lacking value by policymakers when pit...
Campus talks: How to make co-creation work in your teaching
It is a truth (almost) universally acknowledged, that students should sit at the heart of – and take an active role – in their learning.
By invi...
Campus talks: The real-world power of soft skills
How do universities ensure their programmes and curricula meet the demands from industry, government – and students themselves – for career-ready grad...
Campus talks: Why teaching with AI is ‘like a giant field experiment’
Her ability to engage with leading-edge technology has long set Jenny Moffett apart, whether that’s her early embrace of the potential of online educa...
Campus talks: The role of universities as bastions of free speech and open debate in polarised times
As centres of learning, universities should be places where ideas, opinions and beliefs can be openly discussed, challenged and interrogated. They als...
Campus talks: The future of doctoral research funding for arts and humanities
Arts and humanities scholars in the UK are feeling embattled as the current government focus appears to be firmly trained upon STEM. This makes the hu...
Campus talks: how to unlock motivation and beat procrastination in your students and yourself
Motivation is key to getting stuff done – whether that “stuff” relates to your work, studies, hobbies or simply answering a Whatsapp message. For acad...
Campus talks: Why ‘grit’ and knowing when to say ‘no’ are vital skills in academia today
While stimulating and rewarding, academic careers present numerous challenges that require resilience and determination from those who wish to remain...
Campus interview: Susan Aldridge, president of Thomas Jefferson University on educating career-ready graduates
How can universities equip students with the knowledge and skills they will need to succeed in a job market that is ever changing and increasingly dif...
Campus talks: What today’s hyper-connected students need from their first weeks on campus
This episode of Campus Talks heads back to school. As millions of freshmen prepare to start university – whether that’s on campus or online – we look...
Campus talks: Getting back to the basics of equity, diversity and inclusion in higher education
Equity, diversity and inclusion work in higher education is under growing scrutiny, in some cases outright attack, most notably in the US. So, on this...
Campus talks: Are we facing a crisis in critical thinking in higher education?
Critical thinking is one of the most lauded graduate skillsets, praised by academics, sought after by employers and upheld as a solution to many conte...
Campus podcast: Using social media not as a tool but as a teacher in higher education
Whether you love it, tolerate it, are a master of a compelling Bluesky thread or struggle with a LinkedIn update, social media has become an inescapab...
Campus podcast: University libraries – and librarians – that are leading the change
We discuss the changing role of the university library, and librarian, and learn how these often iconic institutions are not just responding to change...
Campus podcast: What does it take to successfully commercialise research?
A technology transfer expert and biotech spin-out founder explain the steps involved in moving discoveries from the lab to the market.
Most acad...
Campus podcast: Actions that make a real difference in the fight against climate change
As complex organisations, universities need to examine their many and varied functions when seeking to reduce their carbon footprint and advance susta...
Campus podcast: The complex factors that drive students’ sense of belonging
A sense of belonging is particularly valuable in higher education, where feeling valued, respected and part of a community are connected to students’...
Campus podcast: The secrets of effective policy engagement - from two academics who have worked in government
Hear from two academic policy experts, one in the UK and one in the US, who discuss the most effective ways that researchers can share their expertise...
Campus podcast: Why internationalisation must remain a cornerstone of higher education
Hear why an international approach to higher education research and teaching is vital to building a better future and solving global challenges.
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Campus podcast: How to look after yourself in higher education
For this episode, we asked academics and university staff from around the world to share their own strategies for staying positive, healthy and mainta...
Campus podcast: How to achieve research excellence – and protect it
The delivery of quality research is central to the mission of most universities. But there is more to research excellence than headline-grabbing “grou...
Campus podcast: The tricky relationship between assessment and learning
Assessment is a cornerstone of most modern education systems, and yet is it strictly necessary? If it is, what purpose should it serve and, thus, how...
Campus podcast: Why we need interdisciplinarity in teaching and research
Complex problems cannot be solved if examined only through a narrow lens. Enter interdisciplinarity. It is now widely accepted that drawing on varied...
Campus: Pros and cons of AI in higher education
How should universities manage the rapid uptake of artificial intelligence across all aspects of higher education? We talk to three experts about AI’s...
Campus: A brighter future for academic publishing
Learn about new models in academic publishing that could better serve academia by helping scholars get their work into the public sphere more readily,...
Campus: The benefits of citizen science and community-engaged research
Citizen science, in which researchers work alongside members of the public to collect or analyse data, brings multiple benefits, extending the capabil...
Campus: Social artist Helen Storey on working on the boundary of fashion and science
For this episode, we talk to British social artist, designer and researcher Helen Storey about a career that has taken her from runways to scientific...
Campus: What Indigenous knowledge brings to higher education
Indigenous knowledge has historically been marginalised or actively excluded from higher education. However, universities around the world are now rec...
Campus: What makes an award winning academic, university or project?
Learn from the winners in three very different THE Award categories how they developed the strategies and projects that saw them take home a trophy in...
Campus: Educating our way out of the climate crisis
With world leaders gathered in Azerbaijan for the COP29 climate change summit, this week’s podcast focuses on universities’ role in advancing sustaina...
Campus: Two vice-chancellors on maintaining quality and financial stability within a university
Universities are public service organisations, educating and researching for the broader societal good. Yet in many countries, the UK and Australia am...
Campus: How can universities ensure students feel safe and supported?
For students to thrive within a higher education setting, they need to feel safe and supported. Universities’ duty of care extends from making student...
Campus: Knowledge exchange and data management as drivers of research and innovation
What underpins effective research, knowledge generation and innovation? In this podcast, we hear a world-leading biomedical scientist discuss what con...
Campus: Supporting student success at all stages of the university journey
For this episode of the Campus podcast, we talk to Eunice Simmons, who has been vice-chancellor of the University of Chester since 2020, about what wo...
Campus: What constitutes good teaching in higher education?
Effective teaching sits at the heart of higher education’s mission to advance learning and discovery. But what are the key components which make up to...
Campus: How technology is reshaping the 21st-century university campus
What is an intelligent campus? How is technology blurring, or extending, the borders of the modern university? And how do you build belonging when you...
Campus: University success stories in managing AI and building digital capacity
In this episode, we sit down with two panellists from Times Higher Education’s Digital Universities Asia 2024 event to talk to them in more detail abo...
Campus: How to prepare for university leadership
This episode of the Campus podcast comes at a time when many UK universities are changing leaders. A total of 30 institutions have either had a new le...
Campus: Higher education leaders on their priorities for the new UK government
With frozen tuition fees, falling international student enrolment and the very real possibility of a university going bankrupt, the UK’s new Labour go...