Pascale Quester of Swinburne University of Technology joined the HEDx podcast in partnership with Campus Review at the end of her first 100 days as Vice Chancellor. She reflected on how all universities have the chance to leave the peloton ...
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I made the phone call to Belinda Robinson, acting UC vice-chancellor, from the airport in Iceland. “I’m thinking we might come early. What do you think?” The pause and the audible sigh of relief that followed told me all I ...
More »The ‘new normal’ for universities
The global pandemic we speak of as coronavirus has been declared a "force majeure’’. It overrides previous considerations and requires the cancellation of what we know and have accepted as ‘normal’. It comes in the footsteps of Australian environmental catastrophes ...
More »A fundamental shift: New Torrens VC on his vision for the institution and the changing role of higher education
In May, Campus Review spoke with Alwyn Louw as he commenced his new role as vice-chancellor of Torrens University. Starting any new job can be challenging at the best of times, but thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, new Torrens University ...
More »Pauses, pivots and possibilities in post-COVID-19 higher education
Options to address the massive COVID-19 related hits to university revenue are being considered and implemented. Many universities had large capital projects underway and infrastructure plans in development when the virus hit. One option for budget management that has appeared ...
More »Notre Dame’s new VC on his vision for the future of the institution
Professor Francis Campbell is barely a week into his tenure as vice chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia when we speak over the phone, but his breadth of experience and knowledge of the education sector, particularly the international ...
More »Forget the old model: Modern universities need to turn outwards to thrive
There still exists an idealised conception of the university. It’s what makes international rankings plausible, because everybody thinks they know what a university should be and therefore can compare them. In that conception, research is well supported and academics are ...
More »New thinking needed to help students navigate the future
I was delighted recently when, through Commonwealth Minister Dan Tehan, I was asked by COAG’s Education Council to chair a review of how to improve senior secondary pathways into training, future education and work. So, I know, were the other ...
More »The end of lectures?
The research in learning and teaching shows clearly that didactic teaching and passive reception do not result in deep, lasting or meaningful learning for most students. Yet we persist with lecturing at students in large groups in most universities. Worse, ...
More »The unique challenges facing Tasmania’s sole university
The University of Tasmania was founded to serve an entire state and its people, and we remain the only university specifically for our society. Against that backdrop, place takes on particular importance. It was the theme of being ‘place-based and ...
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