Campus Talks: a Times Higher Education podcast

Hear academics and university leaders reflect on their professional journeys and address some of the biggest questions facing higher education today. Campus talks gets under the skin of the issues and individuals defining the future of teaching, research, EDI, digital transformation and sustainability in the academy.

By Eliza.Compton , 18 June, 2026

Campus Talks: Why being a queer researcher ‘means speaking truth to power’

Podcast graphic featuring Lisa Diamond of the University of Utah

An LGBTQ+ scientist explains how funding cuts as a result of the US administration’s attacks on DEI-related research gave rise to a ‘gonzo science’ project and why data collection is its own form of resistance

Reading time

45minutes

By miranda.prynne , 4 June, 2026

Campus Talks: What does ‘AI across the curriculum’ look like in practice?

Hans van Oostrom talks about building institution-wide AI expertise on the Campus Talks podcast

We find out how one US institution has led the way in embedding AI across all its majors and what has been learned in the process

By miranda.prynne , 21 May, 2026

Campus Talks: How to create university assessments that serve learning

David Boud shares insights on feedback, assessment and learning

Learn what constitutes good feedback and how to get students actively engaged in learning from their assessments

Reading time

43minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 7 May, 2026

Campus Talks: Why it takes more than a PhD to become a good doctoral supervisor

Katerina Standish is this week's Campus Talks guest

An advocate for professional development of graduate supervision skills shares advice for new and seasoned research supervisors as well as what institutions can do to foster community and excellence

Reading time

42minutes

By miranda.prynne , 23 April, 2026

Campus Talks: Why small changes make a big difference to accessibility in higher education

Katherine Aquino speaks on the Campus Talks podcast

Find out why individual actions hold the key to moving higher education institutions from compliance to success for disabled students

By miranda.prynne , 9 April, 2026

Campus Talks: Where research meets enterprise – lessons from a successful spin-out founder

Ashutosh Chilkoti speaks on the Campus Talks podcast

Learn about the journey from academic researcher to entrepreneur and what it takes to launch a successful spin-out company, from a serial founder

By Eliza.Compton , 26 March, 2026

Campus Talks: How to maximise relationships between university academic and professional services staff

An expert educator embedded in teaching development explains what universities gain when they celebrate professional services expertise and provide clear, meaningful career pathways

Reading time

35minutes

By miranda.prynne , 12 March, 2026

Campus Talks: The career story of Raffaella Ocone, the first female professor of chemical engineering in Scotland

Raffaella Ocone is a professor of chemical engineering at Heriot-Watt University

We hear how a woman from rural southern Italy became the first female professor of chemical engineering in Scotland – and what she’s working on now

Reading time

40minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 26 February, 2026

Campus Talks: The essential skill of self-editing for academics

Podcast graphic featuring Laura Portwood-Stacer

Are the argument, evidence, structure and style working in your scholarly book? Or are you stuck in a cycle of ‘directionless tinkering’? Find out why developmental editing is crucial to addressing big-picture issues and ensuring a manuscript connects with its target readership

Reading time

40minutes

By miranda.prynne , 12 February, 2026

Campus Talks: What lies behind the success – or failure – of international branch campuses?

Find out what underpins success when setting up and developing a branch campus overseas and why financial returns are not a good motivation, from an academic who helped establish and later lead one such project

Campus Talks: a Times Higher Education podcast