Jason Tabarias of Mandala Partners shares details of a new report discussing what modern students expect from technology in their learning experience. Today's learners want technology that supports personalisation by allowing them to augment and self-pace their learning and engagement. ...
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Call for guns on campus voted down
A motion to allow students to bring guns to uni was unanimously voted down by the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Western Sydney University. SRC Vice President Bayan Sohailee told the media that it was an inappropriate motion to be ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Supporting equity students to succeed – Episode 85
Managing director and founder of Equity by Design Dr Nadine Zacharias joins Vygo co-CEO Ben Hallett to explore technical, operational and leadership issues in response to unfolding details of the Support Amendment Bill. This is a critical and timely conversation within ...
More »Australia needs a ‘knowledge economy’ fuelled by scientists and arts graduates: here’s why
The federal government has been asking for “bold ideas” to “reimagine” the future of Australian higher education for decades to come. An interim report for the Universities Accord was released in July. Feedback on this draft is due today. While ...
More »The mismatch between HED and Australia’s evolving skills needs
Consultation on the Universities Accord is now closed, and we will soon learn what the second-stage submissions have to say about the 70+ big and ‘spikey’ ideas. Based on media commentary after the Accord released its interim report, it’s reasonable ...
More »Sexual harassment impacts university staff, research shows
University staff experiencing sexual violence and harassment on campus are dissatisfied with the university’s response when they make formal complaints, according to a recent national survey. In late 2022, Monash University conducted a national survey of 1,412 victim-survivors of workplace ...
More »Vice-chancellors critique the sector
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 ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Lifelong learning needs of innovative employers and workforces – Episode 84
Caitlin Gleeson, Global Leadership Development Lead at Canva joins Dr Nora Koslowski of MBS as co-host to discuss the changes in lifelong learning for leaders and graduates entering innovative workplaces like Canva. Koslowski and Gleeson discuss how vertical capabilities can augment ...
More »AI best practice, the Accord, and HED
Since last November, the two focuses of higher education practitioners, leaders and commentators, have been the sector review of the interim report of the Australian Universities Accord, and the potential effects of artificial intelligence (AI). Both have also been a ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Making individual, institutional and sectoral responses to AI developments – Episode 83
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 ...
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