Campus Talks: Academic career advice from a university leader, ‘Be curious, be useful, bring evidence’
While academia offers some well-trodden career paths – from PhD then post-doc to lecturer, professor, departmental head and ultimately into...
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20 of 111 episodesCampus Talks: Backwards course design – from learning outcomes to assessment to activities
An expert in student-centred instructional design talks through the process of creating effective university courses, including the potentia...
Campus Talks: Want to think bigger and achieve more? Then collaborate – a leading academic makes the case for collective research
A world leading data visualisation expert talks about leading the global Human Reference Atlas initiative and how collaboration enables rese...
Campus Talks: How co-creation and interdisciplinarity enrich university outreach
Outreach is the way in which universities share their research and expertise with groups beyond the institution. Think school visits, scienc...
Campus Talks: The strengths that multilingualism brings to universities
In a globalised world, and the increased internationalisation of higher education, multilingualism can be a key strength for universities. T...
Campus Talks: How can universities nudge students and staff towards greener choices
A behaviour change expert explains what is required to shift a whole campus community towards more environmentally sustainable habits. --- T...
Campus interview: Alain Pompilus of the University of Florida on how to better understand - and connect with - current and prospective students
How can universities develop sophisticated systems for data sharing and analysis that can guide communications and student services? Alain P...
Campus Talks: Why being a queer researcher ‘means speaking truth to power’
The challenges of being an LGBTQ+ researcher in the US have multiplied since Donald Trump returned to the presidency. Funding cuts, closures...
Campus Talks: What does ‘AI across the curriculum’ look like in practice?
We find out how one US institution has led the way in embedding AI across all its majors and what has been learnt in the process --- Many un...
Campus Talks: How to create university assessments that serve learning
What purpose does, or should, assessment serve? How can educators shift the focus of assessment towards feedback? Who is really driving high...
Campus Talks: Why it takes more than a PhD to become a good doctoral supervisor
Effective graduate supervision depends on a suite of interpersonal, technical and disciplinary skills, but many scholars enter into this com...
Campus Talks: Why small changes make a big difference to accessibility in higher education
Disabled students make up the biggest minority group in US and UK higher education, accounting for about a fifth of undergraduates in both c...
Campus Talks: Where research meets enterprise – lessons from a successful spin-out founder
Learn about the journey from academic researcher to entrepreneur and what it takes to launch a successful spin out company. Academics are sp...
Campus Talks: How to maximise the essential relationships between university academic and professional services staff
The relationship between academic staff and their professional services colleagues is key to delivering on universities’ goals of high-quali...
Campus Talks: The career story of Raffaella Ocone, the first female professor of chemical engineering in Scotland
STEM study and research are responsible for much of humanity’s most transformative knowledge and technology. Discoveries and products that e...
News Talks: Will the next Horizon Europe support 'bigger, better, stronger' global collaboration?
As proposals for the future Horizon Europe are scrutinised by the European Parliament, we discuss likely changes to the seven-year funding p...
Campus Talks: The crucial skill of self-editing for academics
So, you’ve finished writing your book, the ideas are on the page and all that’s left is to send your opus off to the publisher, right? Not s...
News Talks: Is MRes recruitment exploiting UK international student visa rules?
The number of international students enrolled on masters by research (MRes) courses more than doubled in the year after the government intro...
Campus Talks: What lies behind the success - or failure - of international branch campuses?
International branch campuses are back in the spotlight with countries including India, Vietnam and Greece opening to foreign institutions f...
News Talks: University of Sussex v the Office for Students – what could it mean for UK higher education?
We discuss why the University of Sussex has mounted a legal challenge against a £585,000 fine imposed by the Office for Students (OfS) for f...