The pandemic has driven change at an unprecedented pace and shown that we learn and adapt quickly to adversity. Now is the time to build on these insights and reimagine the university of the very-near future.
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Meaningful marketing for educators during COVID-19
A global crisis can either paralyse a marketing team or boost it to thrive. This applies to higher education as much as it does to every other sector. The correct approach during economic uncertainty is to increase — not decrease — your marketing ...
More »Safeguarding students’ digital learning journeys and wellbeing in pandemic times
I was in the UK visiting a number of university clients, as part of TechnologyOne’s Global Mobility Programme, when the coronavirus started to take hold, but soon had to head back to our headquarters in Brisbane, Australia, when the severity ...
More »‘Freudianism and its discontents’ vs efforts inspired by love in overcoming the COVID-19 scourge
Gentle reader: During the past 24 hours while you slept you dreamt. You may not recall your dream but you did dream, or so say contemporary neurologists and scientists. For millennia there have been many treatises, tracts or plain ‘hocus ...
More »PM defends appointment of new Education Minister
The Prime Minister has defended his decision to promote Alan Tudge to the position of Education and Youth Minister last week as part of a cabinet reshuffle. Scott Morrison said Tudge, whose affair with a female staffer was aired on ...
More »Decimated apprentice and trainee numbers justifies $4 billion intervention, ITECA warns
The peak body representing independent providers in the higher education, vocational education, training and skills sector, the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), has welcomed the government’s $4 billion injection amid a massive decline in commencements in the June 2020 ...
More »On the move | December
ÓRAMA LOOKS NEAR Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor Tracey Wade will head up Flinders University’s Órama Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing. Wade, who worked as a clinician in the area of eating disorders for almost 30 years, said she has ...
More »To be or not to be: a hybrid return to campus
The term ‘hybrid’ has popped up across the higher education sector to denote a part return to campus, by both domestic and international students. Yet its application and perceived longevity are not as cut and dried as many would believe. ...
More »What’s the risk of being unsupported?
We live in a time of increasing cyber-attacks and security breaches. As universities hold a wealth of data, including personal information, technical resources, sensitive research data and intellectual property, they are prime targets for cyber-attacks. The .edu.au domain saw more ...
More »Do we have the numbers for next year?
The end of one annual university cycle typically sees numbers become clearer about what the next will bring. Grants are awarded, promotions decided, targets set in performance plans, after details are confirmed of outcomes in the year just ended. Other ...
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