The current period is one of many dilemmas for all universities. They are celebrating newly busy campuses again without knowing how long students and staff will stick to them. They all missed providing face to face social interactions, which are novel now.
Vice Chancellor of Flinders University Professor Colin Stirling outlines the positioning of Flinders to Be Fearless in its focus on combining world class research with student success through new physical infrastructure.
A survey launched last week in London, by the National Centre for Entrepreneurial Education, reported on the priorities for UK higher education leaders as they emerge from the pandemic. It reported that the greatest challenge involves predicting the longer-term scenarios for the sector.
Vice Chancellor of the University of Queensland, Professor Deborah Terry AO outlines how a refresh of a Group of Eight university strategy in the depths of the pandemic got energised and inspired by the award of the Olympic Games to her city shortly before the strategy was to be finessed by university leadership after an engagement jam across staff students and external partners.
As we reflect on the state of the world on another International Women’s Day, we will soon be hearing the latest update on the size of the gender gap index.
CEO of Universities Australia, Catriona Jackson joins the podcast in the aftermath of the ministerial non-approval of 6 ARC Discovery grants, the tightrope walking around foreign interference and research partnerships, and as campuses reopen with staff and students, particularly women, having some reluctance of what they are returning to.
Having a new strategy coming into 2020, based on the values of its people, would have served a university community well. We all needed a true north to navigate the turbulence of a pandemic. Having an unclear strategy, and poor engagement of staff, may have left leaders and their staff drifting and directionless by contrast.
Vice Chancellor of Griffith University Professor Carolyn Evans reflects on how having a new strategy coming into 2020 served her well in providing a true north to navigate the challenges of the disruptions of a pandemic. And as the IRU reflect on their distinctiveness as a group of universities, she reflects on how innovation has been made the necessity of the hour, and a means of guiding engaged staff in our universities through the cultural challenges of the current period, to serve a critically important broader community purpose.
The start of year three of a global pandemic, with a new variant and all of its ramifications, is heightening concern among our leaders, staff, students, and partners in universities.
Announcing the first HEDx Live Event for 2022. The upcoming HEDx Live Brisbane event is a powerful opportunity to be part of an important conversation and change for the sector.
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