By David Myton The recent Australian Innovation System Report from the Office of the Chief Economist is a 138-page blitz of facts and figures which reveals local business and industry are stepping up their innovation game - but still have a ways to go if they...
By DAVID WRIGHT HECG MANAGING DIRECTOR The election of Donald Trump to the US Presidency appears to be another episode in a growing movement towards Rightist and populist politics, which already has been apparent in France, The Netherlands and several other European countries. The recent Brexit vote in...
In my previous post I waxed on the importance - and effectiveness - of good storytelling in higher education. Letting your community and stakeholders know what you are doing and why in creative and compelling ways provides great benefits for universities: not just in the...
Not so long ago I cited the wisdom of writing guru Robert McKee who said that storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world. Well, one university in particular has been letting the world know about its work in a big way...
Australia’s Education Minister Simon Birmingham recently made the blindingly obvious observation that most students “first and foremost” go to university in the hope that a degree will secure them a decent job. He followed this up by making the apparently not-so-obvious point that universities might...
An interesting view on innovation in higher education came recently from Fernando León Garcia, president of the CETYS University system in Mexico, which hosted an International Seminar on Innovation in Higher Education. “It’s about how you teach, how you develop a person, and if you do it differently,...
Higher education is good for people’s health, wealth and general wellbeing - and broader society benefits from it too, says the OECD in its recently released Education at a glance 2016. Investing in education pays off in the long run for both men and women, says...
It seems that the fourth industrial revolution – the big digital disruption - is now unfolding and, as revolutions tend to do, it is changing the way we live and work. Disruptive changes to business models will have a profound impact on the employment landscape over...
By David Wright, HECG Managing Director The University of Sheffield in Yorkshire, England, is a partner in a high-tech collaboration in which university scientists, engineers and students work side-by-side with industry “to solve live problems and create value” for firms such as Rolls Royce. One element of this...
In this HECG podcast The Wright Line Managing Director David Wright talks to David Myton about why it’s crucial for universities to pay deep attention to their relationships with external stakeholders. David, an experienced higher education executive and leader, presents 10 ways universities can improve their performance in this critical...