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14 Jun In conversation with Lelia Green

Academic leadership, Creativity, Digital, HECG, Higher Education, Innovation, Teaching, Universities by David Myton 0 Comments

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By David Myton Upon a time Lelia Green worked as a bus conductor on the No19, a red double-decker that trundled back and forth through the streets of an English town. With a ticket machine strapped across her front, she would usher the passengers on board, then...

11 May In conversation with Suzi Derbyshire

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By DAVID MYTON It’s 1982. You decide to go to see that new film that’s causing such a buzz – a sci-fi thing called Blade Runner. You take in its dystopic bleakness, its bioengineered synthetic humans, the flying cars, scary interrogations, the malignant corporate powers. You go...

16 Apr In conversation with Leah Bromfield

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By DAVID MYTON Intrinsic to much academic research is a spirit of discovery, adventure, and hope. Yes, it can be demanding hard work, but that’s ameliorated by all the thrilling boundary-pushing possibilities that lie just around the knowledge corner. Leah Bromfield’s research isn’t quite like that. To...

13 Mar In Conversation With: Michelle Simmons

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By DAVID MYTONAt heart Michelle Simmons is a builder and a maker. Her raw materials differ from those of more traditional trades and crafts. They are not bricks or wood, metals or glass. They are the fundamental building blocks of nature itself – atoms.The UNSW professor has always loved...

13 Mar In Conversation With: Glenn Withers

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By DAVID MYTONWhen it comes to higher education in Australia, Glenn Withers has been there and done that. From Menzies and Whitlam to Hawke, Keating and Howard, and through to the present day – he’s seen it all. He’s an insider who’s been outside often...

22 Feb Is there a case for case studies?

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Higher Education Consulting Group's Dr Susie Robinson takes a closer look at the ARC engagement and impact exerciseAll around the country, universities are busily preparing engagement narratives and impact case studies, ready for ERA submission in May/June. Many are now realising the significant resources required...

18 Jan In conversation with Tanya Monro

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By DAVID MYTONTanya Monro is something of a regular at the Rob Roy Hotel, a popular watering hole in Adelaide’s CBD. But she’s not there for the grog. Rather, she can be found talking with her customary passion, answering questions about subjects such as string...

18 Jan In conversation with Margaret Gardner

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By DAVID MYTONA common contemporary trope is that universities are facing a future in which they will be disrupted beyond recognition. In this scenario, the digital revolution – with its artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and new and aggressive private providers – will force many institutions...

10 Dec In conversation with David Christian

Academic leadership, Higher Education, Humanities, Philosophy, Universities by David Myton 0 Comments

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By DAVID MYTONIn the closing decades of the 20th century postmodernism was the philosophy of choice within the humanities, with the likes of Foucault and Derrida the sages du jour. Their influence was felt particularly within the history discipline, where skepticism abounded, micro histories flourished, and ‘metanarratives’...

10 Dec In conversation with Marnie Hughes-Warrington

Academic leadership, Higher Education, Higher education management, Philosophy, Uncategorized, Universities by David Myton 0 Comments

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By DAVID MYTONWhat’s the link between metaphysics, history, a MOOC in Hindi, blockchain, a Tumblr blog, and innovation education?The answer can only be Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington, DVC Academic at the Australian National University in Canberra.In one incarnation Hughes-Warrington is a philosopher-metaphysician with a specialty in the theory...

Academic leadership

14 Jun In conversation with Lelia Green

11 May In conversation with Suzi Derbyshire

16 Apr In conversation with Leah Bromfield

13 Mar In Conversation With: Michelle Simmons

13 Mar In Conversation With: Glenn Withers

22 Feb Is there a case for case studies?

18 Jan In conversation with Tanya Monro

18 Jan In conversation with Margaret Gardner

10 Dec In conversation with David Christian

10 Dec In conversation with Marnie Hughes-Warrington

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