The new vice-chancellor of Western Sydney University says universities need to admit they have a problem. In this episode, Professor George Williams argues universities have lost their focus on students, and as a result, have lost their social licenses. While ...
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It’s been nearly two years since generative artificial intelligence was made widely available to the public. Some models showed great promise by passing academic and professional exams. For instance, GPT-4 scored higher than 90 per cent of the United States ...
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The Department of Treasury last Wednesday said they have not modelled what impact the proposed amendments to the overseas education services bill will have on jobs in the university sector or on the wider economy. During the fourth hearing for ...
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David Stofenmacher is the founder and CEO of the Online University of Mexico (UTEL), a Mexican private university that has established a global education company Scala. Scala partners with multiple Latin American universities to teach 120,000 students overall. Mr Stofenmacher ...
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Prominent researcher Professor Emma Johnston has been appointed as the University of Melbourne’s 21st vice chancellor, becoming the first woman to step into the role. The CSIRO director will depart her position as the University of Sydney’s deputy vice-chancellor (research) and make the move home ...
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The leadership team of the new merged South Australian university has been announced, with prominent staff at UniSA and The University of Adelaide taking on new roles. Adelaide University has announced eight deputy vice chancellors, which UniSA and The University of ...
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When it comes to branding and communications, the university sector is sometimes politely described as issues-rich. With student protests and overseas caps making front-page news, that’s never been more true. It is famously challenging for universities to achieve a level ...
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As universities consider their future in the 21st century, many are embracing the concept of “innovation” in their strategic plans. According to Harvard Business School, innovation is “a product, service, business model or strategy that’s both novel and useful”. By ...
More »Calls for USyd vice-chancellor Mark Scott to resign over handling of protests
A peak Jewish body has advised University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott to appoint an independent adjudicator who can overturn university decisions on complaints, such as to the uni’s response to pro-Palestine encampments, amid calls from the Coalition and other ...
More »HEDx Podcast: How diverse is our tertiary education sector? – Episode 137
Sam Jacob, the chief executive of Australia's leading creative industries college, Collart in Melbourne, joins Martin Betts on HEDx this week to explain how they achieve diversity at the tertiary education institution. They make the case that a teacher-centric tertiary ...
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