As we look to a post-COVID era and a recalibration of teaching and learning to our new world order, we have to consider the way in which we describe our educational activities and also how we adjust expectations and learning norms.
More »Forget the old model: Modern universities need to turn outwards to thrive
There still exists an idealised conception of the university. It’s what makes international rankings plausible, because everybody thinks they know what a university should be and therefore can compare them. In that conception, research is well supported and academics are ...
More »The unique challenges facing Tasmania’s sole university
The University of Tasmania was founded to serve an entire state and its people, and we remain the only university specifically for our society. Against that backdrop, place takes on particular importance. It was the theme of being ‘place-based and ...
More »It’s time to reappraise the civic role of the modern university: opinion
There exists a long and renowned history of ‘civic universities’ in the Anglosphere, and they are often compared and contrasted with the ‘ancient’ universities, sometimes seen as the repositories of tradition with their rituals, old buildings and formal codes of ...
More »Adapt and deliver: CQUni VC shares leadership philosophy, vision for the future
In February this year, Professor Nick Klomp was appointed vice-chancellor of CQUniversity. He has travelled north for the role, previously serving as the deputy vice-chancellor (academic) at the University of Canberra. He is also a former dean of the Faculty ...
More »Australia’s day after: have universities lost sight of their core mission?
How are we preparing graduates for these times and the next? How are we preparing our polity, our economy, our society for these times and the next? Some time ago now, in a discussion about why China is investing heavily in ...
More »Giving back to the community and building new campuses: CQUniversity’s agenda
At Central Queensland University (CQUniversity), it’s been a big year for opening and developing new sites to grant ever-expanding access. I grew up in Northamptonshire in the UK. Both my parents had left school when they were young, because of ...
More »Bebbington once thought he wouldn’t finish high school
As a teenager, University of Adelaide vice-chancellor professor Warren Bebbington thought he would leave high school at the earliest opportunity and start an apprenticeship. Bebbington’s father also assumed this, as he left high school at age 14. It wasn’t until ...
More »Outgoing USQ VC and RUN chair Jan Thomas on her time in Toowoomba, future of regional campuses
University of Southern Queensland vice-chancellor professor Jan Thomas will soon be leaving this post and her position as chair of the Regional Universities Network (RUN) to become vice-chancellor of Massey University in New Zealand. Campus Review spoke with Thomas about her ...
More »RUN announces new chair, USC’s Hill
University of the Sunshine Coast vice-chancellor professor Greg Hill will replace University of Southern Queensland vice-chancellor Jan Thomas as chair of the Regional Universities Network (RUN) on November 17, 2016. RUN's other universities are Central Queensland University, Federation University, Southern Cross ...
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