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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.

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Campus by Times Higher Education episodes:

04.11.2024
Campus: human connection and the student experience
What difference does human connection make to student success? Does it matter if students come to in-person lectures? And what if students turn to AI for help with academic tasks rather than asking libraries or someone in student support? This episode...
03.28.2024
Campus: what is open access?
In this episode of the Times Higher Education podcast, we talk to two experts – one in the US and one in the UK – about open access, the global movement that aims to make research outputs available online immediately...
03.04.2024
International Women's Day Campus interview: Sian Beilock, president, Dartmouth
In this episode we discuss a rare creature: the female higher education leader. Indeed, according to the American Council on Education’s most recent American College President Study, women remain outnumbered by men in the college presidency by a ratio of 2:1,...
03.01.2024
Campus bonus episode: an interview with Kathryn Sikkink of Harvard Kennedy School
In this bonus episode of the THE podcast, we continue the theme of universities’ role in fostering civic engagement with an interview with renowned human rights scholar and award-winning author Kathryn Sikkink. Sikkink is the Ryan Family professor of human rights...
02.29.2024
Campus: how to turn university students into engaged citizens
In 2024, more people than ever in history will be going to the polls to vote in elections in more than 80 countries, including the US and the UK. As pillars of democratic societies, universities and colleges are integral to...
02.15.2024
Campus interview: James Purnell, president and vice-chancellor of the University of the Arts London
James Purnell has been the president and vice-chancellor of the University of the Arts London since 2021. He joined UAL after a career that included key positions at the BBC (as director of strategy and digital, and director of audio...
01.25.2024
Campus: Microcredentials are knocking. Will higher education answer?
From employers to policy makers, universities and their students, everyone agrees that alternative credentials are a good thing for the economy and for expanding access to higher education. But it’s one thing to think it’s a good idea and another...
01.05.2024
Campus interview: Mike Ibba from Chapman University on mentorship and the future of US science
January is a month of change and new beginnings and our guest for this episode speaks about his experience of both, in terms of his career, the relationship between the arts and sciences and the state of US science. Microbiologist Mike...
12.04.2023
Campus: How to do public engagement
In the lead-up to the Times Higher Education Awards 2023, for this episode, we talk to two winners from last year, both of whom share their advice, insights and best practice for engaging the public. King’s College London and health...
11.27.2023
Campus interview: Laura Allen from Trinity University on connecting student well-being to the natural world
Can spending time in natural environments support students’ well-being? The is the question that an interdisciplinary team of researchers and educators at Trinity University in San Antonio Texas wanted to answer. Despite research showing that spending time outside does support...
10.26.2023
Campus: What to do when principles of free speech are tested
Academic freedom and free speech are the defining values of higher education institutions. But sticking to those principles becomes very difficult when polarising political events divide communities on and off campus. In this episode, free speech champion and the chancellor...
10.12.2023
Campus: Unlocking people power through citizen science
Find out how engaging non-academics in research can uncover and disperse new knowledge and ways of thinking that could help shape solutions to seemingly intractable problems
09.14.2023
Campus: How to be a good mentor and mentee
For this episode of the podcast we handed the mic over to the Campus network to get their top tips on how to be a good mentor and mentee. These relationships can make or break academic careers so getting them...
08.31.2023
Campus interview: Ngiare Brown, chancellor, James Cook University
Ngiare Brown is the first female and the first indigenous chancellor of James Cook University. She’s joined the institution at a time when efforts to indigenise Australian higher education are taking root, with the recent interim report of the Universities...
08.17.2023
Campus interview: Eve Riskin, dean of undergraduate education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Eve Riskin is on a mission to broaden the definition of diversity. The newly appointed dean of undergraduate education at Stevens Institute of Technology is determined to make sure they are "student ready" in order to support more women, mintoritised...
08.07.2023
Campus: The AI university is coming
In an episode last year with the chief scientist at Georgia Tech’s Center for 21st Century Universities Ashok Goel, we asked: Is AI in higher education worth the hype? It turns out that, yes, it is. Ashok is back to help...
08.03.2023
Campus: Universities aren’t too small to lead the climate crisis fight
This episode of the Campus podcast comes as record temperatures beat down through the northern hemisphere summer, with wildfires engulfing Greece and Spain, and deadly floods engulf India. With the UK recently approving new oil and gas licences, it’s easy...
07.20.2023
Campus interview: Jonathan Koppell, president, Montclair State
Watch the video recording of this podcast on Campus Findings from a recent Gallup survey of Americans found that only 36 per cent have a "great deal" or "quite a lot of" confidence in higher education. That’s about 20 percentage points...
07.06.2023
Campus: How to use generative AI in your teaching and research
In this episode of the Campus podcast, we’re embarking on a journey into a realm of the unknown. A world full of possibilities and creative opportunities but not without risks and ethical quandaries. Three intrepid pioneers are our guides as we...
06.22.2023
Campus interview: David Latchman, vice-chancellor Birkbeck, University of London
Will the promise of lifelong learning - to extend access to higher education to more people while at the same time creating a highly skilled and relevant workforce - ever be realised? On the whole, university systems remain set up...
06.14.2023
Campus: When pop culture meets academia
In this episode of the Campus podcast, Michael Dennin, a professor of physics and astronomy in the School of Physical Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, talks about using superheroes (and zombies) to bring the dynamics of physics into the classroom....
06.08.2023
Campus: How the university library is an agent of change
On this episode we’re talking about every campus' connector, collector and collaborator – the university library. Often overlooked, university libraries are critical to the teaching and research missions of institutions. They also play a key role in digital innovation and...
05.25.2023
Campus interview: Dame Madeleine Atkins, president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
A veteran leader in English higher education, dame Madeline Atkins is the former CEO of the Higher Education Funding Council in England and is the current president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. In this Campus interview, she tells us about...
04.27.2023
Campus interview: Nicholas Dirks, president and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences
Dr. Nicholas Dirks is a higher education leader, an historian, the former chancellor at the University of California, Berkeley and the current president and CEO of the New York Academic of Sciences. In this interview he explains why interdisciplinarity might be...
04.13.2023
Campus: How to deal with the legacy of empire in higher education
Decolonisation has become a lightning rod for critics who accuse universities and colleges of being full of liberal ideologues, with a number of pundits up in arms about efforts to decolonise reading lists and the curriculum. But for some scholars, decolonisation...
03.08.2023
Campus: How to navigate higher education as a woman of colour
For international women's day, we spoke with two academics of colour about their experiences of being minority women in academia. Henrika McCoy is the Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Fellow in Services to Children and Families and associate professor at the Steve...
02.16.2023
THE Campus: Academia and activism
Academia and activism might seem like a natural pair. Both require grit, persistence and a passionate commitment to a cause. However doing social justice work is often at the sacrifice of other tasks that count towards career progression in higher...
01.19.2023
THE Campus: Career advice, LGBTQ+ in the academy and public speaking tips
A career in academia comes with a lot of components – some good and some not so good. In this episode we’re talking about topics that might seem like their on the periphery of the core elements of an academic...
12.08.2022
THE Campus: what makes a good higher education leader?
Universities have been around for a millennium, however their modern iteration - and the people who lead them - are somewhat different to their medieval European ancestors. Over the centuries, institutions have dealt with a multitude of difficulties but the...
11.28.2022
THE Campus: An interview with Ruth Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M
Ruth Simmons was the first African American president of Brown University which she led for 11 years. Before that she was president at Smith College where she set up the first engineering programme at a women’s institution. She was recently...
11.17.2022
THE Campus: Breaking down barriers with research and student-led campaigns
How can faculty and staff address the real issues, however forbidden, that make students feel isolated and voiceless? When teams research difficult topics, how can they establish two-way, equitable participation with their community? Members of the teams that won the Times Higher...
10.27.2022
THE Campus: Is AI in higher education worth the hype?
Artificial intelligence has a lot of potential for higher education. It can automate onerous repetitive tasks for teachers, help researchers leapfrog mountains of data crunching and make higher education more accessible and personalised for students. But AI also presents risks,...
09.29.2022
THE Campus: Teaching 101 advice from your peers
Even the most experienced faculty member could benefit from teaching advice from their peers. In this episode of the THE Campus podcast, we feature short tips from university educators around the world to create a mini teaching community in podcast...
09.15.2022
THE Campus: How can universities help tackle misinformation?
Education is often offered as a solution to tackling misinformation, particularly training in critical thinking and analytical skills. But what does that actually look like in the day to day running of a university? Or for the average higher education instructor...
08.04.2022
THE Campus: What makes research and teaching interesting?
Whether teaching or writing up research, there is a strong incentive for academics to try and make their work as interesting as possible. If people are intrigued by what they’re doing, it is likely to have a greater impact. But...
07.07.2022
THE Campus: What Freeman Hrabowski wants you to know about inclusivity in HE
During his 30-year tenure, Freeman Hrabowski, the outgoing president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, has transformed UMBC from a small branch of the University System of Maryland into one of the leading producers of Black STEM graduates in...
06.09.2022
THE Campus: Pointers on writing and publishing for academics
We’ve asked academics, authors, publishers and postdocs to share with us their advice for how to improve your academic writing and chances of getting published. They cover everything from tips to establish a consistent writing practice like Jack London and how...
05.26.2022
THE Campus: How universities can build mutually beneficial community partnerships
Three university leaders heading up their institutions’ public affairs and community engagement in London, Melbourne and Chicago speak with us about the value of mutually beneficial partnerships with First Nation communities, local neighbourhoods and government. They talk about using their...
04.14.2022
THE Campus: How to use social media to promote your work
Social media is an increasing part of public scholarship and for some academics, it’s a way to bring their work to a wider audience and develop new skills. We speak to two scholars who have embraced sci-comms on platforms from...
03.17.2022
THE Campus: What has higher education learned from the Covid crisis?
As we reach the two-year anniversary of the global pandemic, two university leaders and innovators tell Miranda Prynne and Sara Custer what they've learned about institutional resiliency, teaching practices and what the future holds for higher education, online and in-person. Peter...
02.17.2022
THE Campus: Higher Ed Heroes and their water cooler chats about teaching
Academics, colleagues and friends Sebastian Kaempf and Alastair Stark from the University of Queensland share the evolution of their podcast, Higher Ed Heroes, which they created in 2020 to mimic the incidental corridor conversations that have been missing during the pandemic....
01.20.2022
THE Campus: what does it mean to decolonise a library?
A new book of essays from librarians, students and academics around the world offers insights into the work of decolonising a library. For this episode we spoke with the book’s editors, Jess Crilly, an independent author who was formerly the associate...
12.16.2021
THE Campus 2021 most-wanted: advice on diversity statements and well-being pedagogies
Authors of two of the most-read resources on THE Campus in 2021 give us a behind-the-scenes look at the thinking and research that went into their pieces. Joining us is Pardis Mahdavi, dean of social sciences in the College of Liberal Arts...
11.25.2021
THE Campus: The best and brightest of UK universities
To commemorate the annual THE Awards, Sara Custer and Miranda Prynne interview previous winners to find out how their work has developed since taking home a trophy and any advice they might give to their colleagues working towards similar goals. Interviewees: Tara...
10.27.2021
THE Campus: How NYU and the University of São Paulo are thinking about climate change
Ahead of the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference, we spoke to two university leaders about the sustainability initiatives at their institutions and how universities can be leaders in tackling the climate crisis. Joining us is Katy Fleming, the provost at NYU,...
09.30.2021
THE Campus: The big ideas behind higher education microcredentials
From badges to bundles, stacks of credits to microcredentials, the list of alternative credentials for higher education is growing. Partly in response to learner and employer demand but also partly in response to universities' economic situation post-pandemic. But for those who...
09.02.2021
THE Campus: Bridging universities‘ new digital divide
Universities are going into the 2021-22 academic year with a greater capacity to deliver online and hybrid teaching. But just as existing digital divides presented complex teaching challenges during the pandemic, faculty’s lack of digital literacy and of pedagogical training...
08.05.2021
THE Campus: What's needed to scale higher education?
In this episode of the THE podcast, we speak with Ian Jacobs, the outgoing vice-chancellor of UNSW Sydney about what motivates universities to scale their operations and how it can be done. We also speak with Jude Sheeran, principal, international education...
07.08.2021
THE Campus: What does it mean to be a civic university?
Since the 18th century, universities' civic missions have evolved beyond widening access to higher education to now include public engagement, economic renewal and community outreach. This week we speak with two experts who are deeply involved in civic activities at their institutions...
06.16.2021
Making practice publishable: a journal article-cum-podcast
Can you use a podcast to tell the story of a journal article? Helen Wolfenden, a lecturer in radio at Macquarie University, thinks you can and has set out to do it in this guest podcast episode “Making practice publishable”. “I...

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Campus by Times Higher Education episodes:

Campus: human connection and the student experience

Campus: what is open access?

International Women's Day Campus interview: Sian Beilock, president, Dartmouth

Campus bonus episode: an interview with Kathryn Sikkink of Harvard Kennedy School

Campus: how to turn university students into engaged citizens

Campus interview: James Purnell, president and vice-chancellor of the University of the Arts London

Campus: Microcredentials are knocking. Will higher education answer?

Campus interview: Mike Ibba from Chapman University on mentorship and the future of US science

Campus: How to do public engagement

Campus interview: Laura Allen from Trinity University on connecting student well-being to the natural world

Campus: What to do when principles of free speech are tested

Campus: Unlocking people power through citizen science

Campus: How to be a good mentor and mentee

Campus interview: Ngiare Brown, chancellor, James Cook University

Campus interview: Eve Riskin, dean of undergraduate education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Campus: The AI university is coming

Campus: Universities aren’t too small to lead the climate crisis fight

Campus interview: Jonathan Koppell, president, Montclair State

Campus: How to use generative AI in your teaching and research

Campus interview: David Latchman, vice-chancellor Birkbeck, University of London

Campus: When pop culture meets academia

Campus: How the university library is an agent of change

Campus interview: Dame Madeleine Atkins, president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge

Campus interview: Nicholas Dirks, president and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences

Campus: How to deal with the legacy of empire in higher education

Campus: How to navigate higher education as a woman of colour

THE Campus: Academia and activism

THE Campus: Career advice, LGBTQ+ in the academy and public speaking tips

THE Campus: what makes a good higher education leader?

THE Campus: An interview with Ruth Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M

THE Campus: Breaking down barriers with research and student-led campaigns

THE Campus: Is AI in higher education worth the hype?

THE Campus: Teaching 101 advice from your peers

THE Campus: How can universities help tackle misinformation?

THE Campus: What makes research and teaching interesting?

THE Campus: What Freeman Hrabowski wants you to know about inclusivity in HE

THE Campus: Pointers on writing and publishing for academics

THE Campus: How universities can build mutually beneficial community partnerships

THE Campus: How to use social media to promote your work

THE Campus: What has higher education learned from the Covid crisis?

THE Campus: Higher Ed Heroes and their water cooler chats about teaching

THE Campus: what does it mean to decolonise a library?

THE Campus 2021 most-wanted: advice on diversity statements and well-being pedagogies

THE Campus: The best and brightest of UK universities

THE Campus: How NYU and the University of São Paulo are thinking about climate change

THE Campus: The big ideas behind higher education microcredentials

THE Campus: Bridging universities‘ new digital divide

THE Campus: What's needed to scale higher education?

THE Campus: What does it mean to be a civic university?

Making practice publishable: a journal article-cum-podcast