One of the biggest motivations for many that work in higher education is observing and supporting its potential to transform lives. For those first in family to experience higher education, it opens up new opportunities, and futures. It creates loyalty to ...
More »‘Taliban II’ and Khmer Rouge: a few contextual analyses
‘Invitations’ from Two Regimes of 1975 and 2021 The new Taliban regime (‘Taliban II’) of Afghanistan has supposedly announced that they do not intend to take revenge against their former adversaries. A news item stated that they even invited those ...
More »Will we see compulsory vaccination in Australian higher education? Opinion
Is compulsory vaccination coming to Australian post-secondary education – colleges, universities and the large (4.2 million students) vocational education and training sector? Yes, in some circumstances, given that it’s already here. Sadly, it looks like we in Australia (and certainly ...
More »Thoughts on the passing of the theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg: opinion
The First Three Minutes and A Brief History of Time The theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in physics Professor Steven Weinberg (3 May 1933 to 23 July 2021) has passed away. Just several hours before this writer learned of Weinberg’s ...
More »Getting to innovation as usual – opinion
When times are tough, one of the best coping strategies is to leave the past behind, move out of your current predicament, and focus on the horizon ahead. All of us are trying to look ahead right now. Our ability ...
More »Offshore, onshore or just not sure? The future of hybrid teaching – opinion
As the onshore international student market continues to be suppressed by the ever-evolving manifestations of COVID-19, the heady lure of establishing offshore operations in potential growth markets in Asia is inevitably the fare of boardroom discussions in many universities and ...
More »International education post-COVID-19 must promote global understanding and co-operation – Opinion
The years 2020 and 2021 so far have been tough for many. There is no denying that countries and industries have been affected at different levels since the outbreak of COVID-19 in late 2019. For Australia, the impact on international ...
More »Online learning must incorporate student needs and expectations – Opinion
As we look to a post-COVID era and a recalibration of teaching and learning to our new world order, we have to consider the way in which we describe our educational activities and also how we adjust expectations and learning norms.
More »A tribute to two great German scientists: Ernst Mayr and Alfred Wegener – Opinion
July 5 2021 was the 117th birthday of the great scientist Ernst Mayr (5 July 1904 to 3 February 2005). Ernst Mayr can be described among others as an evolutionary biologist, taxonomist, ornithologist, science educator and historian, and a leading ...
More »What the lack of onshore international students in 2021 means for 2022 – opinion
The outlook for international student recruitment for onshore delivery in 2021 is indeed looking bleak. The current expectation is for another tight trimester 3 (from September 2021) followed by an optimistic upturn in 2022. In an article including data from ...
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