Huawei and other Chinese government-backed companies are running huge technology training programs in Indonesia under the noses of Australia and other countries in the Quad, a new policy paper from the Australian National University says. The report, China Inc and ...
More »HEDx podcast – Taking the ASU model to the world, episode 54
After 20 years at Arizona State University, Rick Shangraw describes how its success story is founded on using enterprise to allow inclusive access to excellent education and research that serves end user purpose and communities. As CEO of ASU startup ...
More »How digital technologies and biometrics can streamline the student experience: opinion
The education industry needs to urgently respond to the changing nature of student expectations. While many students are returning to their studies with more of a digital-first mindset, there has also been a significant drop in international students returning to Australian ...
More »Students slugged with $2.7bn interest on debt
University students will spend thousands more repaying their student loans and graduates will be slugged with a $2.7bn interest bill this year, after a huge increase in borrowing rates. Tertiary debt will swell this year after the indexation rate on ...
More »HEDx podcast – Serving the world through learning, episode 53
Betty Vandenbosch, chief content officer at Coursera, joins the HEDx podcast to outline her vision of how the landscape of global higher education will have changed by 2030, and what Coursera and global universities can best do to prepare for ...
More »Online innovation and partnerships as core university enterprise – opinion
The phenomenal growth and success story of Arizona State University, as a journey from a teachers’ college to a world-class major research university to a global online innovator, has been bolstered by bold, determined, long-term, strategic ventures undertaken through partnerships. ...
More »Claim lodged at Deakin as NTEU says wage theft is ‘endemic’ across sector
Eleven universities across the country have been flagged and are being investigated by the Fair Work Ombudsman for potential wage theft, with the NTEU saying some casual staff could be owed up to tens of thousands. In a letter sent ...
More »HEDx podcast – The place of EdPlus in the ASU story, episode 52
Online education's journey to becoming core to the whole university – and to all students who make their own choice of how, when and where to gain access to inclusive excellence – is a pointer to the future for hybrid ...
More »The missing ten per cent – you get what you pay for in higher education: opinion
Why do ten per cent of Australian students choose non-government (independent) institutions of higher education in preference to universities? With over 140,000 students enrolled in approximately 120 independent higher education institutions, this sector saves the Australian taxpayer the cost of ...
More »What are the opportunities and threats to universities from EdTech investments? – opinion
The division of labour within workforces and the specialisation in products and services in supply chains have created highly advanced specialisms within complex teams and differentiation between competitors in markets other than higher education. The journey of going from good ...
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