Podcast

Professor Adrian Barnett of QUT and Dr Elizabeth Gadd of Loughborough University join the podcast to share their expertise in research assessment and university rankings in arguing for universities to differentiate and promote themselves as more than a meaningless rank. Listen for an unambiguous and authoritative despatching of the worthlessness of university rankings and how they are a barrier to changing higher education for good.

Siobhan Savage as CEO of Reejig outlines an opportunity for universities to target new revenue streams. This arises from the lifelong learning needs of how the world of work has changed. In a conversation with Dr Nora Koslowski of MBS she explains how Reejig is changing how talent is being managed in global business  and the opportunity it creates for learning providers.

Professor Aleks Subic as Vice Chancellor of Aston University unveils the new “Aston 2030” strategy from the heartland of the first industrial revolution. Partnerships with tech companies that are driving Industry 4.0 are central to plans to bring Higher Education 4.0 to the inclusive and transformational benefit of all.

Professor Martin Bean of the Bean Centre joins the podcast with co-host Sue Kokonis Chief Academic Officer of OES to discuss his new book “Toolkit for Turbulence” with practical advice for leaders managing ambiguity in higher education.

Professor Ann Kirschner, Interim President of Hunter College at City University of New York shares thoughts of how far all universities are away from omni-channel delivery of learning as she considers responses being considered to the Great Upheaval in Higher Education.

Brandon Busteed as Global Head of Partnerships for Kaplan joins the podcast to discuss the changing value proposition and sentiment towards higher education and how this is creating a growing focus on lifelong learning. He outlines how universities, employers and those facilitating relationships between them, are ensuring higher education meets students where they are at, not where we ask them to be.

Professor Alwyn Louw, Vice Chancellor of Torrens University of Australia and Jodie Davis, Registrar of Griffith University, join the HEDx podcast co-hosted by Ben Hallett of Vygo to discuss what is required for universities to comply with new legislation to support our pushes for student support to allow equity goals to be achieved. Data and systems are vital for immediate action. And renewed purpose, leadership and culture change are the opportunity to do more than stir the pot.

Overcoming the barriers to student equity in higher education has much to learn from research and best practice. Professor Sarah O’Shea of Charles Sturt University and newly-promoted Professor Paul Harpur of UQ and Universities Enable share insights into five principles that inform how we seek greater equity and inclusion for all of our students. At their heart is the issue of changing our culture.

Alessandro di Lullo as Co-founder of global EdTech investor Supercharger Ventures joins Dr Nora Koslowski of MBS on the podcast.  They outline the mindset changes needed by higher education leaders to embrace technology such that it becomes mainstream in future education offerings.

Professor Paul Harpur of UQ, leader of Universities Enable and member of the Accord Ministerial Reference Group, joins HEDx. He makes the case for role models with lived experience to lead the debate about achieving real inclusion in higher education. In common with this week’s referendum on a Voice to Parliament, the importance of listening to those with lived experience who have a real stake in policy changes, as we seek to undo disadvantage, are the changes to governance we need if a higher education system is to become truly equitable.