Sara Custer

Campus editor

Sara Custer is editor of Campus at Times Higher Education, having previous been associate editor (curation). She has covered global higher education as a journalist for more than five years. Before joining THE in 2017, she was editor of international education website and magazine, The PIE News.

Articles by Sara Custer

Times Higher Education’s most-read articles of 2018

2018 was marked by strikes, pay scandals and the launch of the world’s first blockchain university

By Sara Custer

29 December

EAIE 2018: ethical guidelines for international activities lacking

Staff and academics with little ethical guidance make decisions on behalf of institutions

By Sara Custer

13 September

Students taking part in a surf awareness course in Australia at Bondi Beach to illustrate Supervisor’s support ‘crucial’ to novice academics’ well-being

Hundreds of academics give advice to their younger selves

If only they knew then what they know now about meetings, work-life balance and the importance of being kind

By Sara Custer

30 July

Social media: the good, the bad and the ugly

With about one-third of Earth’s 7 billion inhabitants on a social network, it is an inevitable part of scholars’ lives. While many academics find Twitter and Facebook useful means of disseminating their research, Sara Custer finds that the addictive seeking of ‘likes’ has its perils

By Sara Custer

12 July

Twitter victory for University of Reading with ‘jog on’ post

Positive public outreach is critical for universities to remain on the good side of public opinion, but the University of Reading has found that a little bit of sass can go a long way

By Sara Custer

5 July

Are comments on students’ clothing OK? It depends, say academics on Twitter

A Twitter poll on whether or not lecturers should ever comment on students’ attire attracted almost 400 responses, but the replies quickly became more complex than just ‘yes’ or ‘no’

By Sara Custer

16 May