Podcast

Chair of our peak body Universities Australia and Vice Chancellor of La Trobe John Dewar assess how we are doing as a sector and interpret the gauntlet thrown at us by Minister Tudge in his recent speech. John gives a rich picture of the complexity of the commercialisation and campus return issues. He outlines how moves to differentiate on function and by discipline will continue to provide an opportunity for place-based strategies and major forays into the very competitive global online markets. But his message to the sector, in one of his first public statements as UA Chair, is to pay tribute to the culture change and skills development that has taken place sector-wide whilst recognising how much further there is still to travel.

Vice Chancellor of QUT Professor Margaret Sheil joins the HEDx team to outline where QUT is up to in refreshing its blueprint strategy. As the university with the most well known brand position in Australia, promoting that in a post-COVID era is a priority for Margaret.

Expert in education, equity and leadership, and author of Beating the Odds, Professor Marcia Devlin joins Martin and Karl to discuss her new book on sexism in Australian universities in the week it is launched. Marcia outlines the inequity as well as the financial, cultural and performance disadvantages that arise from a lack of diversity in leadership teams and how this can be changed by women, men and all leaders following different strategies.

Leading learning technology innovator and Senior Lecturer in Engineering at UNSW in Sydney, Dr David Kellermann joins Martin and Karl to share his thoughts on the journey he believes all universities must take towards a new hybrid learning model of teaching.

PwC’s Chief Data Scientist, Matt Kuperholz talks with Karl about the evolution of the industry and the role of data in shaping the future of higher education

Vice-Chancellor of University of New England, Brigid Heywood outlines her journey into the role of VC and CEO at Australia’s oldest regional university in New England plucked from a planned retirement in Easter Island.

Provost at Massey University Professor Giselle Byrnes shares insights into her responsibilities across research, commercialisation and teaching and learning at distance learning innovator Massey University in New Zealand.

Leaders from one of Australia’s leading technology companies REA Group explore the relationship between REA Group and the higher education sector and what progressive organisations need from universities as the world moves on from COVID-19.

Vice Chancellor of University of the Sunshine Coast Helen Bartlett joins the HEDx podcast to outline her new University strategy. It has a strong focus on her people and the culture of the university and how that relates to the context in Southeast Queensland. Her language is of opportunity and partnerships and a strong focus on how her region is growing, with the added ingredients of an Olympics in her backyard on the horizon. In the same week that Mark Scott is announced as the next VC of Sydney, are we starting to see a divergence in leadership focus between our global players and those serving particular local needs?

Founder and Executive Chair of Studiosity, Jack Goodman joins the HEDx podcast in describing how his business, which began by partnering with public libraries to deliver online study help for high school students, has emerged as a dominant place for academic literacy support for students at close to 70% of australian universities.