“Never lose a holy curiosity,” said Einstein. With something as critical as a student's education, we are always asked about our operations, processes, and our subject-specialists. So we popped the hood on the engine that is YourTutor, during an on-stage Q&A session at the STARS Conference.
Universities Australia (UA), the peak body representing Australia’s public universities, held its 9th conference in Canberra last week, and for those of us who can recall the early days of the event, this year’s gathering represented a stunning transformation, including wonderful performances.
The fate of the ATAR score is out in the open at the Universities Australia 2016 conference in Canberra this week.
Thankfully this discussion moves the focus from the “system” to real people: students as individuals with diverse, personal circumstances.
How do you prevent students dropping out of first year at university? Timing is everything, according to British university studies. So, when exactly is "just-in-time"?
In Geoffrey Moore’s seminal book ‘Crossing the Chasm’ he powerfully describes the adoption of new technology products by different user groups, and the “chasm” that exists between early adopters and the pragmatists that form the early majority.
While attending this week’s Universities Australia conference I was encouraged to see that many higher education executives have moved past a begrudging acceptance that our traditional university model must change.
