Simon Biggs VC of JCU recently visited TEDI-London as an exemplar of learning innovation and of how AI can democratise education for disadvantaged learners. Little did Simon and I know that he was meeting Professor Lisa Brodie TED-London Dean shortly before she would be able to be public about it transitioning into ASU London. As its foundation Dean, she joins Simon and I to reflect on their meeting and what they discussed and sharing the news that ASU London was launched last week. In. partnership with Cintana, this major development in global educational partnerships has a profound impact on how we will perceive the future of transnational education for global learners.
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EP 193. What do students need?
Bill Shorten, Pascale Quester, Sharan Burrow and Simon Biggs answer this and other questions posed by Dionne Higgins of KordaMentha. "Nothing about us, without us" is the essence of the call for action that Kelly Matthews of UQ a nd I hear clearly and will return to in future episodes in 2026. Never was the student voice more clearly made, head and accepted for action.
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EP 193. What do students need? (superceded)
Bill Shorten, Pascale Quester, Sharan Burrow and Simon Biggs answer this question as posed by Dionne Higgins of KordaMentha. Nothing about us without us is the essence of the call for action that Kelly Matthews of UQ and I hear clearly and will return to in future episodes in 2026. Never was the student voice more clearly made, heard and accepted for action.
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EP 192. Doing things our own way
Sir Chris Husbands former VC of Sheffield Hallam University and founding chair of the UK Teaching Excellence Framework joins Professor Helen Bartlett VC of University of the Sunshine Coast. They were on stage at HEDx at UQ for an opening keynote and fireside chat that dissects the global issues facing higher education. They argue the clear need to identify purpose, implement that purpose clearly and consistently, and be ever vigilant to ongoing change in leading our communities through turbulent times. Sir Chris and Helen both emphasise the importance of being distinctive and following your own true path in doing that. They observe many members of our community do this effectively every day.
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EP 191. Shaping the future of tertiary education data
Ian Oppermann is Chair of Data Standards for the Commonwealth and Industry Professor at UTS. From a lifetime in AI and driving technology to serve the needs of consumers and their data rights, he is partnering with Charlsey Pearce of the Mortar CAP data standard. They led a sector workshop at AWS in Sydney recently of sector representatives jointly crafting a white paper to guide improved data stanrads to serve the needs of lifelong learners in a harmonised tertiary education system. They reflect on the workshop and the issues it addressed before bringing its progress to a workshop at the HEDx event on November 5.
HEDx is focussed on the changing landscape of higher education. The podcast investigates global innovations, opinions, strategies and experiences across the sector. Episodes have a range of guests in academic and other leaders as the sector moves through unprecedented times.
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