Universities investing in green innovations are more likely to retain staff, achieve better organisational performances and attract more students. A new study by ACU has found a link between organisational performance, employee goal achievement, attrition rates and green innovations said ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The recent spike in Covid cases has left universities in a challenging position as they now have to create a safe and flexible environment for staff and students, as not everyone wants to return to a working from home arrangement. ...
More »HEDx podcast – Taking the ASU model to the world, episode 54
After 20 years at Arizona State University, Rick Shangraw describes how its success story is founded on using enterprise to allow inclusive access to excellent education and research that serves end user purpose and communities. As CEO of ASU startup ...
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Students surveys are around the corner, and like every year there is an increasing concern from academics about the nature of feedback they will receive. A team of researchers at QUT have developed a new programming model which uses machine ...
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Speaking with an accent and having English as your second language in the higher education sector can become a hurdle for your career, leading to missed promotion opportunities, funding or even paper publications. “In certain settings, having an accented English ...
More »HEDx podcast – Serving the world through learning, episode 53
Betty Vandenbosch, chief content officer at Coursera, joins the HEDx podcast to outline her vision of how the landscape of global higher education will have changed by 2030, and what Coursera and global universities can best do to prepare for ...
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The competitiveness of the higher education sector, particularly in relation to securing funding, often leaves researchers dealing with rejection. According to Kelsey Zimmermann from the School of Psychology at UNSW, the experience of rejection is always painful, but it is important that ...
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The Honorary Fellowship Award handed down by Australia's largest nursing union, the Royal College of Nursing, went to Professor Patricia M. Davidson this year, recognising her distinguished career as a nurse, researcher and educator. Having co-authored over 500 journal articles ...
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