Scott Pulsipher President of the world’s largest fully online university in Western Governors University (WGU) shares the story of a unique purpose and business model. He outlines a relentless focus on outcomes for students as the big idea that emerged from ...
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Professor Caron Beaton-Wells the Dean (internal) at Melbourne Business School joins the HEDx podcast to share lessons of how one of our most prestigious institutions is pursuing innovation in the higher education market. Outlining the use of technology, partnerships and new business ...
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University academics should learn to use artificial intelligence to help craft their assignment guidelines, lesson plans and marking rubrics, according to a writing expert, but should disclose its use to students. According to the University of Sydney's Dr Benjamin Miller, ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Bringing bold big ideas into the Universities Accord – Episode 66
Professor Mary O'Kane in leading the Universities Accord invites HEDx to be a facilitator and provocateur of big ideas into the biggest review of our higher education system for a generation. Immediately after the launch of the issues paper and an ...
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A new book, The New Learning Economy: Thriving Beyond Higher Education, has investigated the changing landscape of Australia's tertiary economic model and commitments to lifelong learning. Book co-authors, HEDx co-founder Emeritus Professor Martin Betts and Queensland University of Technology Professor ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Education transforming lives, at scale – Episode 65
Paul LeBlanc, the President of Southern New Hampshire University in the US, joins the HEDx podcast for a second part of his interview. He talks about his radical model of scalable higher education delivered by his staff who focus on the ...
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Mobility, research, teaching, and personal and interpersonal skills have been identified as the top attributes needed to progress in academia, new research shows. A recent study from the University of Sydney drew results from job ads posted across 3000 universities ...
More »HEDx podcast: celebrated author Paul Le Blanc of SNHU on industry transformation – Episode 64
Professor Paul Le Blanc is the president of Southern New Hampshire University and joins the HEDx podcast for the first episode of 2023. He outlines a philosophy that's driven his institution and is influencing the sector to be truly distinctive by ...
More »2023: setting goals to improve your academic career
An organisational behaviour expert has encouraged academics to set concrete goals this year to help advance their careers. UNSW Professor Dr Peter Heslin said setting goals can help to direct focus, identify challenges and accomplish higher achievements. “Goals can help meet the ...
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Australia's universities have faced insurmountable challenges over the past two years. A new book, The New Leadership Agenda: Pandemic Perspectives from Global Universities, interviewed more than 50 university leaders about the unique obstacles they faced during the pandemic. Book author, HEDx ...
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