In the first week of August 2022, Victoria University’s TechnologyOne Student Management system, previously used by 10,000 of its vocational education and training (VET) students, went live with its 30,000 university students. Stuart Hildyard, Executive Director of the University’s Transformation ...
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The number of Australians studying for government-subsidised degrees needs to roughly double by 2050, according to the Universities Accord panel which forecasted that nine out of 10 new jobs will need post-school qualifications and half will require a university degree. ...
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Budgets aren’t only for people with regular pay cheques. When your income varies from month to month or even week to week, making and sticking to a budget is even more important. Follow these five steps to master fluctuating finances. ...
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We recently brought together hundreds of university professionals for a series of technology user groups. I asked one Vice Chancellor who was there what was keeping him up at night, and his answer surprised me – sewerage and pipes. And ...
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The Australian tertiary education sector is one of the nation’s largest exports, generating close to $30 billion in export income. The sector also employs more than 250,000 people and has more than four million enrolments. Tertiary education plays a significant ...
More »Australia’s RMIT University partners with HCLTech to seamlessly transition SAMS to AWS Cloud
HCLTech, a leading global technology company and member of Oracle’s Partner Network, has delivered a cloud-first transformation and application modernisation project for RMIT University’s Student Administration Management System (SAMS). Founded in 1887, RMIT is a multi-sector university of technology, ...
More »Tertiary education digitally led transformations to make big gains on lost ground from the pandemic
A new survey of leaders in the tertiary education sector, now in its second year, reveals that institutions are seeing digital transformation as the most effective means to attract students and staff following the impacts of COVID. Peter Nikoletatos Industry ...
More »University of Sydney’s Safer Communities program
Student wellbeing is crucial to academic success, with students more likely to abandon their studies following distressing incidents. Here’s how the University of Sydney is creating a system for reporting trauma that is founded on human-centred design, and supports both ...
More »How effective SaaS integration enhances employee engagement
Remote working situations, team restructures, shifting responsibilities, and an undercurrent of uncertainty has changed work as we know it. As a result, our peoples’ needs, preferences and expectations have shifted. Employee engagement remains an ongoing challenge for leaders around the ...
More »As cyber security obligations for private companies and directors grow, orgs turn to SaaS
A Bill recently passed in parliament represents a new benchmark in the way governments are willing to impose cyber security obligations on private businesses to protect national interests. Cyber attacks against businesses and government entities of all sizes have grown ...
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