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 ...

Techno-anthropologist Genevieve Bell AO will be the first woman to lead the Australian National University, taking over from Nobel prizewinner Brian Schmidt when he steps down at the end of the year. ANU chancellor Julie Bishop said Professor Bell, who ...

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 ...

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 ...

Managing director and founder of Equity by Design Dr Nadine Zacharias joins Vygo co-CEO Ben Hallett to explore technical, operational and leadership issues in response to unfolding details of the Support Amendment Bill.  This is a critical and timely conversation within ...

The federal government has been asking for “bold ideas” to “reimagine” the future of Australian higher education for decades to come. An interim report for the Universities Accord was released in July. Feedback on this draft is due today. While ...