Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Conversations

Teaching in Higher Education

A podcast that explores critical perspectives to teaching in higher education. Each episode brings candid discussions with writers of articles for our journal 'Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives', tackling issues from pedagogy and policy to theory and academic culture. Join us for thought-provoking conversations that challenge the status quo and re-imagine what teaching in universities can and should be.

  1. 11/15/2025

    How does GenAI affect trust in teacher-student relationships?

    In this episode, Ibrar Bhatt talks with Jiahui (Jess) Luo about her article ‘How does GenAI affect trust in teacher-student relationships? Insights from students’ assessment experiences’. And you can read Jess’s article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2024.2341005?src=

    23 min

  2. 11/08/2025

    Cut the b******t: why GenAI systems are neither collaborators nor tutors

    In this episode, Ibrar Bhatt talks with Gene Flenady about his article ‘Cut the b******t: why GenAI systems are neither collaborators nor tutors’ (co-authored by Robert Sparrow) You can read their article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2025.2497263

    23 min

  3. 10/23/2025

    The intellectual bankruptcy of anti-AI academic alarmism

    In this episode, Ibrar Bhatt talks with Daniel Plate about his article ‘The intellectual bankruptcy of anti-AI academic alarmism: a rebuttal’ (co-authored by James Hutson) You can read their article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2025.2562594

    31 min

  4. 06/20/2025

    Assessment as pedagogy: inviting authenticity through relationality, vulnerability and wonder

    In this episode Ibrar Bhatt talks to Claire Timperley (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand) about her article 'Assessment as pedagogy'. Claire advocates an alternative approach to assessment where authenticity signifies meaningful learning outside the confines of the classroom. You can read Claire's article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2024.2367662

    15 min

  5. 05/17/2025

    The critique of culture: A Chinese hermeneutics for teaching the humanities

    In this episode, Ibrar Bhatt talks with Shuchen Xiang about her article ‘Problematizing the critique of culture: an alternative Chinese hermeneutics for teaching the humanities’. Xiang argues that in the humanities, there is a pervasive tendency to view criticality in terms of the deconstruction of normative socio-cultural relationships, especially in traditional, non-western cultures. In contrast, she describes an alternative hermeneutics based in classical Chinese philosophical concepts. You can read Shuchen's article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2025.2487765

    43 min

  6. 05/14/2025

    Gaza: an indictment of critical philosophy

    In this episode Ibrar Bhatt speaks to Alison MacKenzie about her article titled 'Gaza: an indictment of critical philosophy'. You can read Alison's article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2025.2502382?src=exp-la

    26 min

  7. 05/10/2025

    Student silence as voice

    In this episode Ibrar Bhatt speaks to Carla Briffett-Aktaş about the role of student silence for criticality. You can read Carla's article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2025.2449650

    23 min

  8. 04/06/2025

    Rethinking critical thinking in the dawn of dark times: the role of Greco-Roman philosophies

    In this episode Ibrar Bhatt speaks to Yulong Li about the role of Greco-Roman philosophies in mediating the thought processes necessary for criticality. You can read Yulong’s article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2025.2449640

    14 min
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A podcast that explores critical perspectives to teaching in higher education. Each episode brings candid discussions with writers of articles for our journal 'Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives', tackling issues from pedagogy and policy to theory and academic culture. Join us for thought-provoking conversations that challenge the status quo and re-imagine what teaching in universities can and should be.

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