The sector may be on the brink of major new policy changes and a new collaborative vision for its future. Many might see this as a landmark and time of celebration offering great opportunity. Others might see it as a ...
More »Major changes in the world’s population of learners: opinion
The global world of higher education has been depicted for generations as a continuously expanding landscape, of campus-based places, where young people visit, reside, and interact. The settings have been for young people to pursue study, experience rites of passage, ...
More »What if there were no university rankings? Opinion
In 2012 at a San Francisco meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, a group of editors and publishers signed a declaration to change the way Journal Impact Factors were being used to inappropriately depict the comparative quality of ...
More »Have we had enough big ideas and where did they come from?- opinion
The Australian Universities Accord consultation process called for big ideas into its submissions. It invited diverse thinking from within the sector in Australia and globally. It also invited radical thinking and ideas from other sectors. The volume and diversity of ...
More »Student satisfaction shows why hybrid learning is here to stay: opinion
With the challenges of COVID-19 mostly behind us – do not become complacent, cases are still veryhigh and married with the flu season, caution is paramount (not to mention vaccination) – aconsideration of three basic modes of delivery is timely. ...
More »A manifesto to change higher education for good: opinion
This op-ed summarises a HEDx submission to the Universities Accord. It advocates a manifesto for change to allow: Universal access for every individual with potential to benefit, and participants to be confident they can gain good outcomes, from postsecondary participation,Integrated ...
More »Rocky road ahead for business school PhD graduates
We recently undertook a comprehensive survey of business school PhD programs across Australia and New Zealand. It revealed that many PhD candidates lack industry experience, there is limited industry funding for research, and doctoral programs are universally oriented to academia. ...
More »Embracing technology to make opportunity work for everyone – opinion
Despite significant differences, the challenges shaping higher education in the US, UK, and Australia are decidedly similar. Triggered by global phenomena—including the war for talent, global skills shortages from changes in work practices, international migration, and new expectations and appetites ...
More »The AI revolution in higher education: opinion
Generative artificial intelligence is a growing branch of AI which helps with generating new and original content. ChatGPT, the word-of-mouth generative AI these days, is a language model created by Open AI that uses algorithms to produce human-like answers to ...
More »La Trobe Vice-Chancellor steps down
Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University, Professor John Dewar AO, has announced plans to step down at the end of the year. Professor Dewar said after 11 years leading the university he's proud of what he has achieved. "When I came ...
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