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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.

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  • June 11 · 42 min

    Getting published in TiHE - part 1

    In this first episode of a new series of podcasts, Ibrar Bhatt sits down with some of the journal's Editors to go behind the scenes to explore what TiHE is really about, and giving prospective authors an honest and grounded sense of what the publication journey actually looks like. Guests: Aneta Hayes (Chief Editor) Karen Gravett (Executive Editor) Greg Misiaszek (Executive Editor)

  • March 27 · 24 min

    Special Issue on Conflict, Peace & Teaching in Higher Education

    In this episode, I talk with Kevin Kester about the special issue on 'Conflict, Peace & Teaching in Higher Education' which he guest edited with Greg William Misiaszek. You can read Kester and Misiaszek's editorial and the whole special issue here: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cthe20/31/3

  • Nov 15, 2025 · 22 min

    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=

  • Nov 8, 2025 · 23 min

    Cut the bullshit: why GenAI systems are neither collaborators nor tutors

    In this episode, Ibrar Bhatt talks with Gene Flenady about his article ‘Cut the bullshit: 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

  • Oct 23, 2025 · 30 min

    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

  • Jun 20, 2025 · 15 min

    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

  • May 17, 2025 · 43 min

    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

  • May 14, 2025 · 26 min

    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

  • May 10, 2025 · 23 min

    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

  • Mar 22, 2025 · 25 min

    Critique and 'Qi' as onto-epistemology

    In this episode Ibrar Bhatt speaks to Jialei Jiang about how Qi onto-epistemology, rooted in Chinese philosophical and aesthetic traditions, can decolonise critique in higher education by challenging Eurocentric conceptions of rational, self-sufficient subjects. You can read Jialei's article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2025.2465999

  • Mar 15, 2025 · 37 min

    Habermas as an ethnic thinker

    In this episode, Ibrar Bhatt talks with Irfan Ahmad about his article ‘Habermas as an ethnic thinker Par Excellence: on critique, Palestine and the role of intellectuals’. While Habermas is often regarded as a philosopher of universalism and critical rationality, Irfan challenges this view, arguing that Habermas is, in fact, an ethnic thinker. His approach to critique and universalism operates unidirectionally—emphasising ‘to all’ rather than ‘from all’—which ultimately reflects an asymmetry in the intellectual traditions he engages with. This perspective offers important insights for teaching in higher education. You can read Irfan Ahmad's article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2025.2466001

  • Mar 4, 2025 · 28 min

    Islam, coloniality, and the pedagogy of cognitive liberation

    In the episode, Ibrar Bhatt talks with Joseph Lumbard about Eurocentric intellectual dominance within the academic study of Islam in higher education. Such imbalance, both in the West and in Muslim communities, discourages critical heuristic engagement with the rich intellectual heritage of Islam. This is a missed opportunity, as Islamic intellectual traditions, particularly in metaphysics and theology, can be employed to offer vital perspectives for teaching in higher education. You can read Joseph Lumbard's article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2025.2468974

  • Feb 28, 2025 · 16 min

    Critique as a means of Jiaohua (Cultivation): insights from Confucianism

    In this episode, Ibrar Bhatt talks to Canglong Wang about critique as a means of 'jiaohua', or 'cultivation', in the Chinese philosophical tradition. Critique in Confucianism is not merely a challenge directed at external individuals or society; rather, it is viewed as a personal moral and social responsibility. Canglong draws on fieldwork conducted in Confucian schools to demonstrate how critique is a corrective tool in educational practice. Implications for teaching in higher education are discussed. You can read Canglong's article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2025.2468971?src=exp-la

  • Feb 25, 2025 · 19 min

    A critical practice for contemporary times

    In this podcast, Ibrar Bhatt speaks to Karen Gravett about her article ‘A critical practice for contemporary times’. Karen suggests that there is a need to re-examine critical theorising in contemporary higher education, where critique is at risk of becoming stale, meaningless, even harmful. She proposes a move towards critical practice. Rather than critique being a cognitive individualised process. Her article is available in Teaching in Higher Education at this link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2025.2449643

  • Feb 14, 2025 · 20 min

    Criticality and Ecopedagogy

    In the episode, Ibrar Bhatt talks with Greg Misiaszek about criticality for environmentalism and ecopedagogy. His article in the journal is available here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2025.2465997

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