The Australian Universities Accord interim report was launched to widespread acclaim. There has been broad engagement with its overall direction from a national audience of current players within the sector. This group is feeling appropriately rejuvenated after having had a ...
More »UA changes tack on anti-violence program
The nation’s peak body representing Australia’s 39 universities has allegedly backflipped on an anti-sexual violence initiative just weeks after the Accord Interim Report identified student safety as a high priority. In the lead up to semester two ‘orientation’ or ‘welcome’ ...
More »Violence prevention expert joins working group
The Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has appointed a subject matter expert on violence prevention to advise his working group to improve university governance. Mr Clare announced last Wednesday that Our Watch Chief Patty Kinnersly would serve as an expert ...
More »Uni degrees shift from exams to expertise
Australian universities are rethinking curriculum and assessment delivery models to bridge the gap between classroom and career skills. New degrees in engineering reflect a trend away from traditional curricula, placing value on experience over exam grades. In a panel discussion ...
More »Q&A with STOP Campaign founder on addressing sexual violence on campus
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare met with advocates last week to discuss sexual violence on university campuses. The STOP Campaign joined the minister in Canberra last week to discuss sexual violence in university residences and the processes currently in place ...
More »HEDx Podcast: How will technology impact the vision in the Universities Accord? – Episode 81
Manuela Franceschini of Adobe joins a discussion involving Theo Farrell of University of Wollongong, Tiffany Wright and Rachel Bondi of Microsoft, Matt Kuperholz of Deakin and Sherman Young of RMIT about the missing focus on technology and generative AI in ...
More »How and why would we build new universities from scratch?
The Australian Universities Accord interim report generated widespread consensus around its overall vision of meeting our future skills needs through equity. It provides widely supported immediate policy changes and contains many detailed policy proposals being debated and engaged with by ...
More »Proposed overhaul to reverse TAFE ‘corporatisation’
TAFE SA students could have a greater choice of courses as part of a new regional push to revolutionise vocational training and help solve the skills crisis. Training and Skills Minister Blair Boyer is expected to admit that the state government ...
More »Clare announces working to improve uni governance
Sexual assault advocates have welcomed the announcement of a working group to address student safety in the Australian tertiary education system. Last week Education Minister Jason Clare announced the establishment of a working group led by higher education deputy secretary ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Building a globally intentional university – Episode 80
Teri Cannon as Founding President of Minerva University reflects on the journey to build a different type of university that is intentionally global. After 10 years of helping students from 130 countries learn in a rotation through 7 global locations ...
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