Consultation on the Universities Accord is now closed, and we will soon learn what the second-stage submissions have to say about the 70+ big and ‘spikey’ ideas. Based on media commentary after the Accord released its interim report, it’s reasonable ...

A small cadre of retired and current vice-chancellors have recently come forward to critique the current Australian tertiary education system and the behaviours of its leadership. Emeritus Professor Greg Whately Australian National University Vice-Chancellor and chief Brian Schmidt AC recently ...

Caitlin Gleeson, Global Leadership Development Lead at Canva joins Dr Nora Koslowski of MBS as co-host to discuss the changes in lifelong learning for leaders and graduates entering innovative workplaces like Canva. Koslowski and Gleeson discuss how vertical capabilities can augment ...

The last decade has left Australian universities vulnerable. Constant changes to policy, funding uncertainty, and government investment in research and development falling to its lowest share of gross domestic product, have all made planning for the future difficult for any ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...