Most Australian universities claim to make the world a better place by creating environments where people want to work and study.  Whether staff and students experience these objectives is a different story, particularly when it comes to be feeling ‘seen’ ...

Alessandro di Lullo (pictured below), co-founder of global EdTech investor Supercharger Ventures, joins Dr Nora Koslowski of MBS and Martin Betts of HEDx on the podcast.  He outlines the mindset changes needed by higher education leaders so that technology becomes ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has given universities a new understanding of the possibilities of digital transformation and delivery modalities for the future of learning. Each university has responded with varying levels of commitment to these new opportunities. Some institutions have embraced ...

Lived experience gives you an authentic understanding of what exclusion feels like, and it's important to harness that understanding to generate advocates for change. Effective governance responses to systemic disadvantage rely on this principle, and the same principle applies to ...

University of Queensland associate professor Paul Harpur (pictured below, left) joins HEDx to make the case for role models with lived experience to join the debate about achieving real inclusion in higher education. Professor Harpur is a leader of Universities ...

Australia isn’t alone in going through a landmark review of higher education, and rather than expecting all the answers to come from within, we should sense check our experience and proposed solutions with those who are trying or have tried ...

One of the universal virtues that many higher educators share is its ability to transform lives. This is evident particularly for those who are the first in their family to attend university. Global university participation rates have grown from under ...

The Australian Universities Accord final report is a response to longstanding debate among Australian providers about what form of Tertiary Education Commission to recommend. Roger Smyth (pictured below) shares his experience working at the New Zealand Ministry of Education with ...

Western Sydney University (WSU) provost and senior deputy vice-chancellor Clare Pollock outlines how that university, at the centre of Australia's growth, is pursuing a mission based on local partnerships. Ms Pollock's story and the WSU story are at the heart ...

The Australian Universities Accord process gained widespread engagement and attention from higher education providers, leaders and interest groups across the system. As a means of developing an Accord across the sector’s providers with the government, it has been a big ...