HEDx

EP 121. We are on the cusp of change

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ann Sherry AO, Chancellor of QUT and leading Australian business woman, outlines cultural challenges in universities compared to other sectors she has...

EP 120. What is the University of the People

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shai Reshef is Founder and President of the University of the People. Founded on the belief that higher education is a basic human right, UoPeople is...

EP 119. For how long will we ask what to do with AI?

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Joan Gabel is the Chancellor of University of Pittsburgh. She joins the HEDx podcast to outline how a leading US research powerhouse fro...

EP 118. What are universities for and why are they doing it?

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Deputy Vice Chancellor Deborah Johnston MBE of London South Bank University and graduate of SOAS and Cambridge University asks these big questions wit...

EP 117. Minerva Project: changing an outdated higher education model?

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Minerva Founder Ben Nelson outlines the work that builds on the measurable outcomes of improved learning being achieved in Minerva University to chang...

EP 116. HEDx and friends at ASU+GSV

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode has a panel co-hosted with Joel Di Trapani co-CEO of VYGO. We had a chance in front of 10,000 delegates at the ASU+GSV summit in San Dieg...

EP 115. The Great Upheaval in Global Higher Education

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Arthur Levine is a scholar of HigherEd with a pedigree that includes working with Clark Kerr and Ernest Boyer at the Carnegie Foundation. He also has ...

EP 114. The issues that arise will be existential

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Finkelstein as VC and President of City University of London explores issues of disruption and transformation facing global universities due t...

EP 113. The story of Torrens 1.0 and other new business models

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Linda Brown CEO and Alwyn Louw tell the story of Torrens University Australia 1.0 on stage at the HEDx conference in Melbourne in March. They tell of ...

EP 112. Where can technology take us and how can we harness it?

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Nester as MD of SEEK Investments gives a global overview of investments being made in private universities, EdTech companies, and in OPMs and c...

EP 111. Keynote by President Michael Crow of ASU at HEDx

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President Michael Crow of Arizona State University shares his vision of a university accelerating towards social justice through excellence rather tha...

EP 110. Time for getting on with the job in hand

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David Lloyd as Chair of UA and VC of UniSA gives this keynote presentation to the first session of the HEDx conference calling for action now from the...

EP 109. Time to be courageous, open minded, and try new things

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Ilczynski as Managing Director Education at SEEK Investment shares experiences of a global investor in EdTech and Higher Ed. He describes opportu...

EP 108. Taking an equity lens on the change needed in higher education

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shamit Saggar Director of the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success and Professor Paul Harpur of UQ and Universities Enable were two of the...

EP 107. Lessons from the Bronze Age for university productivity and competitiveness

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Deborah L. Wince-Smith the President and CEO of the US Council on Competitiveness draws on historical analogy to illustrate the compelling need for te...

EP 106. Leaders' reactions to the Accord final report

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Live from the foyer of the UA Solutions Summit in Canberra, this special episode shares immediate reactions from the nation's leaders about what i...

EP 105. A university leader with cultural, social and emotional intelligence

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Ghassan Aouad is a Lebanese man from a mountain village who has established an academic career rising to PVC Research and Professional Insti...

EP 104. What if university is not the best Year 13 option?

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Will Stubley as CEO of Year 13 and Nora Koslowski of the MBS join Martin Betts in the HEDx studio to discuss how automatic progress from year 12 to ...

EP 103: Universities failing financially: why, how and who?

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Professor David Maguire VC of University of East Anglia in the UK joins Andrea Burrows of OES and I on the podcast to give an overview of the current ...

EP 102: How welcoming are our universities?

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cate Gilpin Coordinator of Welcoming Universities and Mohamed Omer formerly the University of Melbourne People of Colour Department Officer, share the...

EP 101. Kiki: Is this a time of danger or opportunity?

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Nick Jennings VC at Loughborough University joins Andrea Burrows UK MD of OES and I. We argue that we need more leaders that can practice th...

EP 100. The purpose of HEDx

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Betts as co-founder of HEDx is the guest interviewed by Dr Ant Bagshaw on the 100th episode. The conversation covers the rationale of HEDx and ...

EP 99. How to measure university performance in learning by equity groups?

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Eric Knight, Executive Dean of the Macquarie Business School, shares why and how they worked with Mandala partners to measure how they and o...

EP 98. A university is more than its rank

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Adrian Barnett of QUT and Dr Elizabeth Gadd of Loughborough University join the podcast to share their expertise in research assessment and ...

EP 97. Seeking zero wasted potential in a war for talent

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Siobhan Savage as CEO of Reejig joins Dr Nora Koslowski of MBS and I in the HEDx studio to describe the changes in the world of work. Improving the ma...

EP 96. The inclusive, entrepreneurial and transformational university

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Aleks Subic as Vice Chancellor of Aston University unveils the new "Aston 2030" strategy from the heartland of the first industria...

EP 95. Leaders providing access at scale to quality learning experiences

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 "Toolki...

EP 94. What is an omni-channel university?

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Ann Kirschner, Interim President of Hunter College at City University of New York shares thoughts of how far all universities are away from ...

EP 93. Meeting lifelong learning students where they are at

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brandon Busteed Global Head of Partnerships for Kaplan joins the podcast to discuss the changing value proposition and sentiment towards higher educat...

EP 92. Preparing for the support for students policy requirements

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Alwyn Louw, Vice Chancellor of Torrens University of Australia and Jodie Davis, Registrar of Griffith University, join the HEDx podcast co-h...

EP 91. Changing our culture for greater student equity

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Overcoming the barriers to student equity in higher education has much to learn from research and best practice.  Professor Sarah O'Shea of Charl...

EP90. How will higher education embrace technology for learning?

17 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alessandro di Lullo as Co-founder of global EdTech investor Supercharger Ventures joins Dr Nora Koslowski of MBS on the podcast.  They outline the mi...

EP 89. Achieving real inclusivity in higher education

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Associate Professor Paul Harpur of UQ, leader of Universities Enable and member of the Accord Ministerial Reference Group, joins HEDx. He makes the ca...

EP 88. What can Australia learn from the New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission?

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Roger Smyth shares his experiences from the New Zealand Ministry of Education in joining an episode of the HEDx podcast with Professor Giselle Byrnes,...

EP 87. A local university making a global impact

19 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Clare Pollock as Provost and Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor at Western Sydney University (WSU) outlines how a university at the centre of Aus...

EP 86. What stops us giving students technology they want and need?

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Tabarias of Mandala partners shares details of a new report for the Coalition for Digital Learners of what students of today and tomorrow are lo...

EP 85. What does it take to support equity students to succeed?

05 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Nadine Zacharias as Managing Director and Founder of Equity by Design, joins Co-CEO of Vygo Ben Hallett as my co-host in exploring the technical, o...

EP 84. Lifelong learning needs of innovative employers and workforces

29 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Caitlin Gleeson, Global Leadership Development Lead at Canva joins Dr Nora Koslowski of MBS as co-host to discuss the changes in lifelong learning fo...

EP 83. Making individual, institutional and sectoral responses to AI developments

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Rose Luckin of  UCL and Educateventures, joins with Dr Ant Bagshaw of L.E.K. Consulting as HEDx co-host in this episode. It dissects respon...

EP 82. How will AI and technology change what innovative universities do?

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Nora Koslowski as Chief Learning Innovation Officer of MBS joins the HEDx podcast to share insights into how the combination of emerging AI technol...

EP 81. How will technology impact the vision in the Universities Accord?

08 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Manuela Franceschini of Adobe joins a discussion involving Theo Farrell of University of Wollongong, Tiffany Wright and Rachel Bondi of Microsoft, Mat...

EP 80. Building a Globally Intentional University

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Teri Cannon as Founding President of Minerva University reflects on the journey to build a different type of university that is intentionally global. ...

EP 79: The sector's leaders' reactions to the Accord interim report

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

VCs Bruce Dowton, Andrew Parfitt and Alex Zelinsky and DVCs and VPs Clare Pollock, Theo Farrell, Merlin Crossley and Michelle Bellingan, as panellists...

EP 78. What will be in the Universities Accord interim report?

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Mary O'Kane Chair of the Accord Review Panel joins the HEDx podcast for a second time through an interview with research partner HERDSA ...

EP 77. Active, authentic and applied learning: what does plagiarism mean anymore?

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Sherman Young DVC at RMIT joins pedagogical evangelist Manuela Franceschini from Adobe to discuss digital adeptness and fluency. As technolo...

EP. 76 Partnering with tech companies to deliver lifelong learning

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tiffany Wright as Director of Education for Microsoft ANZ outlines how tech companies offer opportunities for partnership in the global mission to ma...

EP. 75 What are the lessons from DORA for university rankings

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ginny Barbour as VIce-Chair of the Declaration On Research Assessment has led global efforts to find new ways to assess research quality. The aim ha...

EP. 74 Leading the global charge towards competency-based lifelong learning

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Fung as Director of the Institute for the Future of Education at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico, is the architect of the Skills Future ...

EP. 73 How do you plan for what a university will look like in 35 years time?

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Vivek Goel as President of Waterloo University in Canada is leading an exercise to generate a vision for what Waterloo will look like at ...

EP. 72 The emerging population crisis and its impact on global universities

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Data Scientist Stephen Shaw founded birthgap.org following his work surfacing the growing global gaps in birth rates from that required to susta...

EP. 71 What does a university in Singapore that opts out of rankings look like?

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor KC Chua is President of Singapore Institute of Technology where he leads a differentiated institution of applied learning. In a system with ...

EP. 70 How is technology changing global higher education?

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode has a report from the recent ASU+GSV summit where global innovators explored the brave new world of higher Ed technology. Hear from Micha...

EP. 69 What will a New Educational Institution look like?

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Sanjay Sarma reflects on his experience as Vice President of Online Learning at MIT with empathy for students developed in his own time a...

EP. 68 What if putting students at the centre is the big idea?

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Pulsipher President of the world’s largest fully online university in Western Governors University (WGU) shares the story of a unique purpose...

EP. 67 Pursuing high impact learning innovation in a legacy brand

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Caron Beaton-Wells the Dean (internal) at Melbourne Business School joins the HEDx podcast to share lessons of how one of our most prestigio...

EP. 66 Bringing bold big ideas into the University Accord

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Mary O'Kane in leading the University Accord invites HEDx to be a facilitator and provocateur of big ideas into the biggest review of o...

EP. 65 Education transforming lives, at scale

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Paul LeBlanc, the President of Southern New Hampshire University in the US, joins the HEDx podcast for a second part of his interview. He talks about ...

EP. 64 Celebrated author Paul Le Blanc of SNHU on industry transformation

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Paul Le Blanc is the President of Southern New Hampshire University and joins the HEDx podcast for the first episode of 2023.  He outli...

EP. 63 Answering the big questions about lifelong learning and research funding

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Andrew Parfitt as Vice Chancellor of UTS shares his vision for the research and innovation ecosystem and the unanswered questions facin...

EP. 62 Education Futures: Delivering post-secondary education for regional communities

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Nick Klomp VC of CQU and President of the Regional University Network tells the story of the development of the only dual-sector i...

EP. 61 After 20 years of innovation in university teaching, we need to change

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Associate Professor Jack Wang of UQ was Australian University Teacher of the Year in 2020. He outlines 7 phases of teaching innovation in Austral...

EP. 60 Creating better career prospects for all through a student engagement and EdTech strategy

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Dunn as Provost of Coventry University shares the secrets of success of the UK's top younger university for graduate career prospects. He outlines...

EP. 59 The future in the post COVID era

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Duncan Maskell VC of Melbourne University shares his passion for the public good purpose of our universities and his thanks for the commitment of...

EP. 58 How do we support all students to gain access to education?

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

University of Surrey, UK Vice Chancellor and President Max Lu shares his experiences of putting in place a transitionary 3-year strategy to traverse t...

EP. 57 Do public service leadership principles work in a university?

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Renee Leon reflects on her first year as Vice Chancellor at Charles Sturt University by contrasting leadership practices and culture between...

EP. 56 Entrepreneurial university leadership is spotting a gap in the market, and filling it

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Australian Entrepreneur of the Year for 2022 Linda Brown as CEO of Torrens University Australia johns the HEDx podcast. She shares her thoughts&n...

EP. 55 Time for universities to get their skates on

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Maria Spies as Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Holon IQ shares an update to their report on 5 scenarios for the future of higher education  by 2030...

EP. 54 Taking the ASU model to the world

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Shangraw, after 20 years at ASU, describes how their success story is founded on using enterprise to allow inclusive access to excellent educatio...

EP. 53 Serving the world through learning

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Betty Vandenbosch joins the HEDx podcast as Chief Content Officer of Coursera to outline her vision of how the landscape of global higher education wi...

EP. 52 The Place of EdPlus in the ASU Story

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CEO of EdPlus at Arizona State University, Phil Regier explains the background to how online students have grown to close to 84,000 across all discipl...

EP. 51 An EdTech slaying the dragons of cheating in universities

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cadmus CEO Herk Kailis joins the podcast to outline how EdTech companies have emerged to provide support services to help individual universities focu...

EP. 50 Michael Crow of ASU: A Leader Daring to be Different

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

President Michael Crow approaches 20 years as President of ASU ranked as the most innovative US university for seven years running. He shares a clear ...

EP. 49 Piloting innovation from a civic university in the UK

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Malcolm Press CBE joins the podcast as the VC of Manchester Metropolitan University. He shares insights into his commitment to his staff and...

EP. 48 TEDI-London: taking the blinkers off global engineering education

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Judy Raper CEO of TEDI London joins the podcast to describe how an alliance of research power houses Arizona State University, UNSW and King...

EP. 47 Being fearless in the unnoticed middle order

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Colin Stirling Vice Chancellor of Flinders University in Adelaide outlines the positioning of Flinders to Be Fearless in its focus on combin...

EP. 46 Taking the long-term view at UQ

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Vice Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry AO of the University of Queensland outlines how a refresh of a Group of Eight university strategy in the depth...

EP. 45 Speaking out for the sector

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Catriona Jackson the CEO of Universities Australia joins the podcast in the aftermath of the ministerial non-approval of 6 ARC Discovery grants, the t...

EP. 44 Using your values as your true north

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Carolyn Evans VC of Griffith University and Chair of the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group reflects on how having a new strategy ...

EP. 43 Universities in 2022: A Beacon of Hope?

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Jan Thomas VC for 5 years of Massey University and Chair of Universities New Zealand outlines the issues being faced in the different settin...

EP. 42 How do we live up to the promise of 2022?

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode sees a student join us in orientation week then again in week 12 of her first semester. She shares expectations coming into the course an...

EP. 41 Do you want to work at a university that is curious, brave and bold?

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Forster of Essex University in the UK joins the podcast as our first international VC. He describes the values that drive how his university s...

EP. 40 What is a University of Enterprise?

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

VC David Lloyd of the University of South Australia shares insights from running the first staff jam across his whole university in getting staff enga...

EP. 39 Can we Build Back Better?

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kent Anderson DVC at Newcastle joins us soon after a 2 year spell in Ministers' Tehan and Tudge's office guiding recent policy changes. He comments on...

EP. 38 Opportunities for Australia to Connect with the World

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Professor Jennifer Whyte of University of Sydney joins the HEDx podcast to reflect on culture, leadership and partnerships as an AUst...

EP. 37 A Passion for Purpose in Realising Student Success

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Denice Pitt CEO of online learning pioneers OES joins Karl and Martin to reflect on the 10 year journey of her company supporting universities in brin...

EP. 36 A Local, National, Global, Private University. Is this the future?

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Alwyn Louw joins HEDx as Vice Chancellor of Torrens University to tell of its growth to close to 20,000 students in seven years. As a US-own...

EP 35. The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sandra Harding, as Australia's current longest serving VC of a single Australian university at JCU in Townsville, joins the HEDx team. She reflects on...

EP 34. Great Expectations of Leaders

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Patrica Davdson the new VC of Wollongong University in NSW joins HEDx to outline the compassionate approach to leadership she has brought to her first...

EP 33. Looking Ahead at Newcastle

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode has University of Newcastle VC Alex Zelinsky join HEDx to outline the 5 year strategy called Looking Ahead. A leader with CSIRO and Defen...

EP 32. Partner or Perish

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Guy Littlefair, PVC International at Auckland University of Technology joins HEDx to share insights into transitions between university and business e...

EP 31. University Culture in the Real World

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode has Margaret Sheil join the HEDx team to outline where QUT is up to in refreshing its blueprint strategy. As the university with the most...

EP 30. A tribute to all Australian university staff from the Chair of UA

26 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This interview with the new Chair of our peak body Universities Australia, sees Vice Chancellor of La Trobe John Dewar assess how we are doing as a se...

EP 29. How leaders cope with incivility by academics

11 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode has Karl and Martin joined by Professor Lynn Bosetti of UBC in Canada who gives insights into how Australian leaders in universities enco...

EP 28. Beating the Odds

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Marcia Devlin joins Martin and Karl to discuss her new book, Beating the Odds, on sexism in Australian universities in the week it is launch...

EP 27. The Future of Higher Education is Hybrid

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Leading learning technology innovator Dr David Kellermann is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at UNSW in Sydney. He joins Martin and Karl to share his...

EP 26. Australia's Most Awarded Data Scientist on Higher Education

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ed...

EP 25. A different purpose calls for different leaders shaping different cultures

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of HEDx Brigid Heywood outlines her journey into the role of VC and CEO at Australia's oldest regional university in New England pluck...

EP 24. 'Must do better' means 'must do different'

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's HEDx episode, Karl and Martin are joined by their first international guest in Professor Giselle Byrnes. Giselle is the Provost with re...

EP 23. Listen Carefully: Disruption can't happen without an innovative culture

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on HEDx Karl and Martin speak with the leaders from one of Australia's leading technology companies REA Group. They explore the relationship...

EP 22. A University Rising with its Region

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Helen Bartlett VC of University of Sunshine Coast joins the HEDx podcast to outline her new University strategy. It has a strong focus on her people a...