University of Wollongong interim vice-chancellor John Dewar hosted a panel of public university leaders at the HEDx conference in Brisbane last Thursday. Panelists were University of Queensland vice-chancellor Deborah Terry, University of the Sunshine Coast leader Helen Bartlett, James Cook ...
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ReadyTech co-founder and chief executive Marc Washbourne has led the technology service management company for 25 years. His personal agility has seen him grow the company to more than 600 staff, be named 2024 EY Technology Entrepreneur of the Year, ...
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Scott Jones is the chief executive of global education provider Navitas and has worked with the company for more than 20 years, in partnerships with public universities. He believes that the way to grow student numbers for a future workforce, ...
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Ulrik Juul Christensen is the Danish founder of Area9 Lyceum, a cloud-based adaptive-learning software provider headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Boston, Massachusetts. In this episode, the founder outlines theories of achieving mastery through adaptive learning techniques supported by technology. He ...
More »HEDx Podcast: George Williams on fighting for students’ interests – Episode 139
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 ...
More »HEDx Podcast: ROI within two years for all learners – Episode 138
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 ...
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 ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Torrens University leaders on the relevance of HE
A debate facilitated in June by popular institution Torrens University Australia discussed whether higher education, as it is currently delivered, is still relevant in volatile local and global tertiary education industries. The uni's Research and Innovation Week debate heard the ...
More »HEDx Podcast: How can unis ensure student success? – Episode 135
Tim Renick is the founding executive director of the National Institute for Student Success and a Professor at Georgia State University (GSU). Between 2008 and 2020, he directed the student success efforts of the university, overseeing a 70 per cent ...
More »HEDx Podcast: How do you start a new university? – Episode 133
Professor Kerri-Lee Krause is the most recent person to transform a college into a university. Her alma mater, Avondale University, was a university college before she was appointed vice-chancellor in 2023. Her appointment followed a 30-year career in academia and ...
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