A small cadre of retired and current vice-chancellors have recently come forward to critique the current Australian tertiary education system and the behaviours of its leadership. Emeritus Professor Greg Whately Australian National University Vice-Chancellor and chief Brian Schmidt AC recently ...

University College London's Professor Rose Luckin joins L.E.K. Consulting's Dr Ant Bagshaw as co-host in this episode of the HEDx podcast. Professor Luckin and Dr Bagshaw dissect responses to the recent breakthroughs in AI technologies, discussing global best practices, vulnerability ...

An effective trigger to many successful businesses and start-ups (including in the technology and education fields) arises from the strong personal passion of founders and innovators that is driven by their formative experiences. Such a foundation for entrepreneurship is often ...

For the first time in its 235-year history since 1787 the United States Supreme Court has a female African-American Associate Justice: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. This is to be commemorated but it would not change the right-wing orientation of the ...

Now feels like a time of flux and re-examination of purpose in global universities. In the US, national political moves towards university loan forgiveness is occurring as fees rise, enrolments fall and the value of higher education is questioned. And adding ...

Something special, even unique, took place this year – an Australian university was recognised by a global award scheme for business nous. That EY Entrepreneur of the Year Australia 2021 judges would choose the CEO of an Australian university was ...

Australian Entrepreneur of the Year for 2022 and CEO of Torrens University Australia, Linda Brown, joins the HEDx podcast to share her thoughts on the opportunities for private universities in Australia and globally to utilise EdTech and partner with connected employers. She advocates ...

In this edition of the HEDx podcast co-CEO and co-founder of global data and research company HolonIQ, Maria Spies, shares an update to their report outlining five scenarios for the future of higher education by 2030. She discusses the priorities for the ...

Struggling students who left school at the bottom of the class are being accepted into prestigious university degrees including engineering, architecture and psychology. Universities made offers to students with Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) scores below 50 – the bottom ...

In the aftermath of the overruling of the landmark Roe v Wade abortion ruling by the United States Supreme Court there has been anger, dismay, frustration and protests in the United States and many other countries, including Australia. ‘The shape ...