A delayed opening of South Australia’s new ‘mega-uni’ could cost up to $250m and cause significant damage to the state’s reputation. Adelaide University, a collective of University of South Australia (UniSA) and University of Adelaide (UA), is scheduled to open ...
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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 »Q&A: STOP joins Accord process
Anti-violence organisations have joined the education minister's working group to improve university governance on sexual violence on campus. Camille Schloeffel, founder and director of The STOP Campaign, represented victim-survivor advocates at the meeting with Education Minister Jason Clare. The STOP ...
More »The top HED challenges in 2023-24
In the next 12 months as a sector we'll still be dealing with the changes the pandemic wrought, but there are other important issues we need to contend with, too. 1. Returning to campus The Covid-19 pandemic completely changed the ...
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 ...
More »Learning innovation ecosystems, communities, and partnerships
An effective trigger to many successful businesses and start-ups (including in the technology and education fields) arises from the strong personal passion of founders and innovators that is driven by their formative experiences. Such a foundation for entrepreneurship is often ...
More »RTO network gets $300m to support ADF technical trades skills
Thousands of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel will have greater access to technical trades training through a five-year $300m contract to support and expand the development of technical skills nationwide. Wodonga TAFE led the successful bid for the Joint Technical ...
More »Punitive uni pass rate on the chopping block
The Australian Government has released a Consultation Paper in response to the Australian Universities Accord priority action number two. Priority action two recommends ceasing the 50 per cent pass rule that is part of the Job Ready Graduates (JRG) package, ...
More »HEDx Podcast: How will AI and technology change what universities need to do? Episode 82
Dr Nora Koslowski, chief learning innovation officer at Melbourne Business School (MBS), joins the HEDx podcast to share her insights. She discusses how emerging AI technologies, coupled with the changing world of work and future skills-needs of employers, are providing ...
More »Monash on the hunt for a new VC
Monash University has appointed an interim chief and vice-chancellor after the former VC stepped away to take up a high-profile government position. Professor Susan Elliot AM was appointed interim chief after Monash’s former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Margaret Elaine Gardner AC, resigned ...
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