Japan and parts of Europe including Italy, Germany and Spain, have been the first societies to experience what has become a global phenomenon, now even more pronounced in South Korea and Thailand, of rapidly declining birth rates.
What would happen if universities built upon the success of DORA and went further? What if, together, they opted out of participating in university rankings?
This op-ed summarises a HEDx submission to the Universities Accord. It advocates a manifesto to change higher education for good.
This op-ed summarises a HEDx submission to the Universities Accord. It advocates a manifesto to change higher education for good.
Education remains the surest path to opportunity, but failures to equitably expand access, increase attainment, and deliver a strong return on investment for learners call into question its promise as an equaliser and engine of social and economic mobility.
A major review of our higher education sector, on a scale not seen since Dawkins or Bradley, is a time for ideas. Our times call for these ideas to be big, bold, and radical, because so much depends on it.
A major review of our higher education sector, on a scale not seen since Dawkins or Bradley, is a time for ideas. Our times call for these ideas to be big, bold, and radical, because so much depends on it.
A new book, The New Learning Economy: Thriving Beyond Higher Education, has investigated the changing landscape of Australia’s tertiary economic model and commitments to lifelong learning.
Institutions in all sectors, including higher education, are shaped by, and in the image of their leaders.What leaders bring with them from childhood experiences and family backgrounds often frame their values, ambitions, and priorities, which can in turn shape their leadership goals, philosophies, and employer choices.
Two of the biggest questions facing the sector as it heads into 2023 are central to the new leadership agenda that has arisen over the last 3 years. Firstly, they concern how we can best fund our research and support a vision for the innovation eco-system that our nation, economy, communities, and society now need. And secondly, how we can make purposeful lifelong learning equitably accessible in a way that responds to the skills shortages we face and their differential impact on various demographic groups.
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