EP224. The student perspective: heard but not always listened to

Episode 9 of The AI Inflection Point — the last conversation on the student experience.

Most universities will tell you they listen to their students. But listening and actually responding are two very different things.

Jasmine Johnston moderates a panel that gets honest about that gap.

Ghazal Duggal, nursing student at USQ and student representative, on what it feels like to carry the concerns of a whole cohort.

Neave Nagel, President of NUS 2026 and UTS Students Association, on why two students on a university council isn’t enough to represent 20,000 people.

Taryn Jones, Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Macquarie, on what 8,800 students said when asked not about their classes — but about their lives. Loneliness came up more than anyone expected.

And Michael Henderson from Monash on why student voice only means something if it actually changes decisions.

What is a university without its students? That question sits underneath everything in this episode.