This episode steps into the world of the university student, and contrasts the shift in higher education experience from North America to Australia, and from 2019 – 2020.
Anna Patty | The Sydney Morning Herald: Students frustrated with remote learning are unhappy about paying full fees while battling with expanding online tutorials as Sydney’s universities work towards bringing more classes back to campus.
On this episode Professor Betts and Karl Treacher explore leadership in higher education and interview one of Australia’s longest serving leaders in the sector, former VC from QUT and former RMIT Chancellor Dennis Gibson. Subscribe and tune in for new episodes weekly.
One of the first impacts of a coronavirus pandemic being declared was the immediate closure of Australian international borders, coming soon after the Lunar New Year. It came when so many of the international students planning to come to Australia in 2020 were taking their chance to visit their families and embrace their culture in their homelands.
Michael Rosemann & Martin Betts | The Conversation: Current education providers, as well as new entrants, have the chance to replicate the business models and innovative practices of Spotify, YouTube, Uber, Airbnb and other disruptors of other sectors.
What is our concept of engagement in a post-COVID Australian university world? Can we still afford it? Does it still matter? Is anyone out there wanting to engage with us?
Marguerite Dennis | University World News: The virus has put the spotlight on higher education’s antiquated financial models, rigid admissions and registration procedures and dismal student progression and graduation rates. But COVID-19 has also presented higher education with opportunities to replace inefficiencies with reimagined solutions.
Naaman Zhou | The Guardian: Learning under lockdown, staff cuts and pracs on Zoom – all part of the new normal on Australia’s virtual campuses.
Introducing Episode 1 of The Higher Education Experience podcast. This episode is an introduction to hosts Professor Martin Betts and Karl Treacher, along with a very interesting interview with one of Australia’s leading experts on CSR and responsible management, Macquarie Business School’s Dr Debbie Haski-Leventhal. Subscribe and tune in for new episodes weekly.
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