The third decade of the 21st century is proving to be a time of great challenge and change for universities. Our future seems set to be one of social crisis, which at the same time is an educational crisis. The broadening and deepening themes of university engagement from business and industry to community in response to these crises pose fundamental questions of what our universal higher learning system should and can be.
Join university sector experts to discuss how universities can continue to support communities and prioritise community needs in the face of ongoing uncertainty – when the very definition of a university in Australia is in dispute.
The third decade of the 21st century is proving to be a time of great challenge and change for higher learning. The global pandemic we speak of as coronavirus has been declared a force majeure. It overrides previous considerations and requires the cancellation of what we know and have accepted as ‘normal’.
This week The New Social Contract podcast speaks to UTS Vice-Chancellor Attila Brungs and Shadow Minister for Education and Training, Tanya Plibersek, on their different visions for higher education in Australia in the face of the COVID pandemic.
This new Excellence Award program replaces the former BHERT Awards for Higher Education collaboration in Australia. Winners of BHERT Awards over the past 22 years have been outstanding nation-building initiatives, demonstrating far-reaching impact and innovation, in all sectors and aspects of the Australian economy and community.
There is a specific part of the universal crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic that belongs to universities and Engagement Australia has its own role to play within the broader picture.
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