Podcasts

The RSE produces a range of podcasts featuring our Fellows, Young Academy of Scotland members and individuals involved in our Public Engagement programme. These provide expert opinions on a range of topics to educate and stimulate conversation in those areas.

SERIES

The future of tertiary education
Join us in exploring the changing world of higher education. Address challenges and envision a more inclusive global education future.
Knowledge in sound
Knowledge in sound is an audio transcription of RSE’s blog series featuring in-depth analyses and opinion pieces from some of Scotland’s leading thinkers.
Tea and Talk with the RSE
Tea and Talk with the RSE is a podcast providing access to leading experts discussing a wide range of subjects of the issues that we face as a society.

Latest episodes

The Research Excellence Framework’s next chapter
The power of public engagement – tertiary education as knowledge hubs
Tertiary education’s global responsibility in the Sustainable Development Goals era
Future-proofing careers – digital transformation in higher education
Teaching ethical leadership in tertiary education
Building community – tertiary education as an act of solidarity
The future of tertiary education trailer
The greening of the Arctic
Constitutional futures for Scotland and the UK
The curious mind of Ian Rankin
The curious mind of Damian Barr
Community action against climate change
The road to the bawbee – currency options for an independent Scotland podcast
What is a Just Transition and how do we achieve it?
How climate change affects the way we use our land
How we will travel and commute in a net-zero Scotland
What tourism looks like in a net-zero world
How climate change impacts Scottish cities
Digital communications during the pandemic: social media, fake news and mental health
Integrating asylum seekers and refugees to build a more inclusive, equal society
The inequalities of disability during the pandemic
Sexual equality and diversity in a modern Scotland
Health inequalities in Scotland and how the Deep End Project aims to balance them
Using the pandemic to increase public participation in debates and decision-making
The impact of Covid-19 on black and ethnic minority groups across the UK
How Covid-19 has impacted the arts & culture sector, venues and festivals
How Covid-19 has highlighted inequality across the country
Using evidence and data to tackle public challenges
Why we should support inclusive public services
Kirsty Wark and Janey Godley FRSE in conversation
Building Scotland’s resilience post-Covid-19
Testing Covid-19 and launching the Lighthouse Labs
The impact of Covid-19 on Culture and the Creative Arts
How Covid-19 has impacted people’s mental health
Public behaviour and adherence during the Covid-19 pandemic
How drugs and vaccines are made
The importance of using science and evidence to inform government policy

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