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04 Nov Once upon a time … storytelling breathes life into highered research: HECG Trendwatch

Creativity, Digital Marketing, HECG, Higher Education, Higher Education Marketing, Research by David Myton 0 Comments

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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...

14 Oct Is it ‘bizarre’ to think there are too many graduates? HECG Highered Trendwatch

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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...

07 Oct When innovation in highered means getting the students involved: HECG Trendwatch

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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,...

21 Sep Why higher education is good for your health, wealth and wellbeing: HECG Trendwatch

Business, HECG, Higher Education, OECD, Teaching, Universities by David Myton 0 Comments

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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...

15 Sep Young entrepreneurs who won’t be fazed by the big revolution: HECG highered trendwatch

Business, HECG, Higher Education, Innovation, Universities, University Students by David Myton 0 Comments

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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...

14 Sep How universities can work with their communities to build a better future for all

Business, HECG, Higher Education, Regional universities, Universities, University Students by David Myton 0 Comments

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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...

09 Sep From research glory to a story of university drop-outs: HECG HIGHERED TRENDWATCH

HECG, Higher Education, Rankings, Research, University Rankings, University Students by David Myton 0 Comments

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It’s been something of mixed week for Australian higher education – a good result in one area followed by a not-so-good result in another. In the good area, it was reported in The Australian Higher Education section that the “quality and depth of university research has...

07 Sep Confessions of a business leader entering higher education management

HECG, Higher Education, Higher education management, Universities by David Myton 0 Comments

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By David Wright HECG Managing Director I wasn’t sure if I wanted to take the job. I had just come from a harrowing but incredible time launching a start-up in Silicon Valley and was engaged in an ultimately successful project to turn around a university’s ailing commercial...

01 Sep How a 16th century education could prepare students for the future: HECG HIGHERED TRENDWATCH

Creativity, HECG, Higher Education, Shakespeare, Universities by David Myton 0 Comments

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The poet T S Eliot once observed that when it comes to studying and analysing Shakespeare all we can hope for is to be wrong about him in a new way (Bloom, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, p2). But perhaps not, because recently we...

25 Aug Philosophy, grades and the evolution of the MOOC: HECG Highered Trendwatch

Arts degrees, HECG, Higher Education, MOOCs, Philosophy by David Myton 0 Comments

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Beginning next week MITx on edX will offer a philosophy course via a MOOC which will enable students to obtain a verified certificate and have their work “graded and commented upon by professional philosophers”. Learners from any background, anywhere in the world, “can pursue the certificate option...

04 Nov Once upon a time … storytelling breathes life into highered research: HECG Trendwatch

14 Oct Is it ‘bizarre’ to think there are too many graduates? HECG Highered Trendwatch

07 Oct When innovation in highered means getting the students involved: HECG Trendwatch

21 Sep Why higher education is good for your health, wealth and wellbeing: HECG Trendwatch

15 Sep Young entrepreneurs who won’t be fazed by the big revolution: HECG highered trendwatch

14 Sep How universities can work with their communities to build a better future for all

09 Sep From research glory to a story of university drop-outs: HECG HIGHERED TRENDWATCH

07 Sep Confessions of a business leader entering higher education management

01 Sep How a 16th century education could prepare students for the future: HECG HIGHERED TRENDWATCH

25 Aug Philosophy, grades and the evolution of the MOOC: HECG Highered Trendwatch

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