In a celebrated TED talk (which is now nudging north towards 38 million views) Sir Ken Robinson persuasively argued that schools were killing creativity. Sir Ken never saw teachers as the problem, but rather the system in which they worked which, because of a combination of...
By David Wright Many of you would have seen the recent article in The Australian Higher Education section titled Regional universities a rich and exciting resource at our doorstep by National's Senator Bridget McKenzie. I totally agree with her argument. HECG acts for both regional and city...
A refreshing frankness was on display in a recent discussion on the future of higher education. It emanated from one of the sector’s leading expert analysts and it came in the form of his answer to several questions concerning the outlook for universities. It was -...
[caption id="attachment_415" align="aligncenter" width="662"] In our previous post we asked if traditional universities would be able to navigate the coming ‘Millennial storm’ in which a new generation of students with fresh hopes, dreams and perspectives would demand a higher education more suited to their changed...
It’s a given that we are in the midst of extraordinary social and technological change. The problem for universities in adjusting to the consequent disruptions is that they suffer from “giant oil tanker syndrome” – they are so big they take a heck of a long...
After a successful redesign of international practice for customers in Sydney, Tasmania and Chicago, HECG continues to successfully revamp international education with other clients. We can’t claim all of this success as our own - that is not true or how we work. Our model...
Universities and sports share some commonalities: they have been around a long time, are essentially conservative, are of enormous benefit to young people and yet treasure the wisdom of the old, are part of our cultural heritage, people have strong opinions about them, and, whether...
HECG believes that the impetus for increased student recruitment must begin and end in individual university Faculties. It is true that Faculties do engage in marketing and recruitment activities, however what frequently occurs is that they tend to duplicate the efforts of centralized expert departments rather...