Professor Sarah O'Shea (pictured below) of Charles Sturt University, and Professor Paul Harpur of University of Queensland and Universities Enable, share insights into five principles that enable greater equity and inclusion for all of our students. At their heart is ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Will higher ed embrace learning technology? – Episode 90
Alessandro di Lullo (pictured below), co-founder of global EdTech investor Supercharger Ventures, joins Dr Nora Koslowski of MBS and Martin Betts of HEDx on the podcast. He outlines the mindset changes needed by higher education leaders so that technology becomes ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Achieving real inclusivity in higher education – Episode 89
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 ...
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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 ...
More »HEDx Podcast: What AUS can learn from NZ – Episode 88
The Australian Universities Accord final report is a response to longstanding debate among Australian providers about what form of Tertiary Education Commission to recommend. Roger Smyth (pictured below) shares his experience working at the New Zealand Ministry of Education with ...
More »HEDx Podcast: A local university making a global impact – Episode 87
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 ...
More »Vice-chancellors critique the sector
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 ...
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 »Professor Yale Kamisar: A Reminiscence and an Appreciation – opinion
For the first time in its 235-year history since 1787 the United States Supreme Court has a female African-American Associate Justice: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. This is to be commemorated but it would not change the right-wing orientation of the ...
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