By Global Society
The podcast currently has 47 episodes available.
In today's episode of Global Horizons, we're continuing to analyse examples from the deepening number of examples of "RoboCaps" - nonsensical, contradictory or just downright unexplainable examples of international student cap allocations to various providers.
I wish we could say that we're surprised, but there are now too many examples to count.
But at least, in happier news, the Australian International Education Conference is under a month away and joining us on the podcast is Louise Goold, the "Program Boss-Lady" for the conference committee, to talk about some of the key sessions coming up.
And you know what? We're thinking that this year's AIEC is maybe the most important conference ever to attend. Not only to get up to date with, and know how to respond to, the biggest changes to international education that Australia has ever ever had. But more importantly, to reconnect with colleagues, or meet new ones, and celebrate the real reason we're all in this industry together: for the impact we create. After all, this conference is all about The Human Element (did you like what we did there? 😉)
Global Horizons is a production of The Global Society, Australia's Learning Abroad Support Company.
We are incredibly proud to be the OFFICIAL podcast of the AIEC Australian International Education Conference... registrations are open now!
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"From out of the plane window, Sydney Harbour comes into view and it's one of those sparkling mornings that only Sydney seemed capable of turning on. Little do I know of the hurricane of destruction that I'm flying back into..."
In this episode of Global Horizons, I'm sharing something a little different... but powerful.
Last year I presented the closing keynote at the IEAA Learning Abroad Forum titled "It's the stories we tell... that count"
And that's maybe never been more true in Australian international education than now. There has never been a more important moment for us to lean into the incredible stories that our sector generates... and to leverage them to persuade.
This keynote is the result of more than 100 hours of preparation, and in it I'll share a story with you... one that sinks to profound depths, but also one that rises again and again. As we go, I'll reveal easy, actionable advice about how all of us can tell better stories in order to education, entertain, inspire and persuade.
Global Horizons is a production of The Global Society, Australia's Learning Abroad Support Company.
We are incredibly proud to be the OFFICIAL podcast of the AIEC Australian International Education Conference... registrations are open now!
And for all the breaking international education news, make sure you subscribe to The Koala News.
As vocation education providers wrapped up their week last week, faceless folks hidden away in darkened corridors were putting other plans into action. Even as the dust had barely settled on the third day of Senate hearings into the current international education legislation, "send" was being pressed, dropping "international student cap letter bombs" on a wide range of providers. Those "bombs" continued to drop until after midnight.
Happy weekend everyone.
The resulting devastation is still unfolding, but the initial reports back from the field are bleak indeed. Skills gaps? Upskilling our workforce? The consequences of last Friday will be felt for years, if not decades to come.
In this episode of Global Horizons, Rob Malicki (CEO, The Global Society) and Dirk Mulder (Editor, The Koala News) unpack the last news from the international education sector in Australia. Whilst there's a fair chunk of unhappiness to catch up on, there are also some good news stories going on out there... so let's try to make the end of this Friday just a little happier than the last one, eh?
Global Horizons is a production of The Global Society, Australia's Learning Abroad Support Company.
We are incredibly proud to be the OFFICIAL podcast of the AIEC Australian International Education Conference... registrations are open now!
And for all the breaking international education news, make sure you subscribe to The Koala News.
This episode is packed full of more good stories than you can poke a stick at, and there's a good reason for it: my guest is none other than Jogvan Klein.
Sometimes people are described as a "natural-born storyteller", and when I ask Jogvan where he got his knack for telling a good story from, he answered "Everybody in Iceland is a storyteller.... in the Winter there's nothing else to do!"
Jogvan has been on a few podcasts in the past, and those episodes are well worth a listen (his conversation on the Departure Lounge is hilarious), but in this episode of Global Horizons we cover new ground... and I learned a whole bunch of new things about him, from his hidden superpower working with Excel spreadsheets, to his hilarious (and sometimes terrifying) adventures around the world... this is a cracking conversation that you'll be disappointed to get to the end of!
Global Horizons is a production of The Global Society, Australia's Learning Abroad Support Company.
We are incredibly proud to be the OFFICIAL podcast of the AIEC Australian International Education Conference... registrations are open now!
And for all the breaking international education news, make sure you subscribe to The Koala News.
It's been a massive week for Australian International Education: Senate hearings into the ESOS legislation followed by an announcement of caps on international students the following day.
International educators could be forgiven for having whiplash and a fair dose of cynicism on Wednesday morning.
But there's even more to unpack and in today's episode of The Koala News presented by Global Horizons, Rob and Dirk dive into the biggest stories affecting the industry.
With so much going on, we've decided to start this episode off a little differently and are joined by special guest, Sally Gatenby from IDP, to talk about AIEC... where we will answer the MOST ASKED QUESTION about this year's conference: dust off your costume and polish up your dancing shoes because we're talking about the all-important CONFERENCE DINNER THEME for 2024.
Global Horizons is a production of The Global Society, Australia's Learning Abroad Support Company.
We are incredibly proud to be the OFFICIAL podcast of the AIEC Australian International Education Conference... registrations are open now!
And for all the breaking international education news, make sure you subscribe to The Koala News.
There's been a lot of talk this year about the Government's failure to meaningfully consult on international education policy.
Whilst the major focus, particularly this week, has been on the ESOS senate hearings, and the cap on international students, important changes have also been announced to another critical international education program.
The New Colombo Plan (universally known as the "NCP") is Australia's equivalent of the Fulbright program. It is a triumph of bipartisan public policy that has assisted tens of thousands of Australian university students in having international study experiences in the Indo-Pacific region since 2013. It is one of Australia's most important soft diplomacy initiatives.
So it was a shock to institutions attending IEAA's Learning Abroad forum last week when major changes were announced to the NCP for the 2025 round of the program... with absolutely no consultation.
One specialist was heard to remark that it was one of the "most egregious examples of a failure to consult in Australian international education history", and the sentiment amongst practitioners ranged from shock, to sadness, to anger.
In this episode of Global Horizons, Rob Malicki is joined by Professor Kent Anderson, the DVC Global at the University of Newcastle. Together they dive into:
Both Rob and Kent served on the original design committee for the NCP, and went on to serve on the official Government Reference Group for 6 years. They've both closely observed the NCP at every stage of its evolution and ask the question: are the announced changes really negative, or is it really the failure to consult that may have significant "unintended consequences".
If you really want to understand the breadth of Australian international education, this is a great episode for you!
Global Horizons is a production of The Global Society, Australia's Learning Abroad Support Company.
We are incredibly proud to be the OFFICIAL podcast of the AIEC Australian International Education Conference... registrations are open now!
And for all the breaking international education news, make sure you subscribe to The Koala News.
It's late October in Moscow, Russia and darkness has fallen. Yara Vasina sits in front of her computer in her work offices at KPMG, her cursor hovering over the "submit" button. She's feeling hopeful, but also that resigned feeling that the chance of this working out is close to zero.
What the heck - she pushes "submit", closes the window, and gets back to work... forgetting all about the entry she's just lodged in a global competition.
Yara is now the Deputy Director International (Partnerships) at the University of Auckland, and if there's something to be said of her varied career and travels, is that she hasn't hesitated to seize an opportunity. As she says, "There's no such thing as luck - luck is simply where opportunity meets preparation".
That's not to say that everything has been easy on her journey. Far from it. But whether it's taking on a new hobby, travelling to an unusual place, or taking on a new job role, one of the attitudes that has guided her is that if the experience is likely to be uncomfortable and outside her comfort zone, then it's also likely to be challenging, interesting and worth pursuing.
This is a very personal conversation with a real gun in international education, a "social introvert" who's love of an active life is matched only by her ambition to create positive impact in the world. There are plenty of interesting stories and lessons and I'm sure you'll enjoy this wide ranging conversation with Yara Vasina!
Global Horizons is a production of The Global Society, Australia's Learning Abroad Support Company.
We are incredibly proud to be the OFFICIAL podcast of the AIEC Australian International Education Conference... registrations are open now!
And for all the breaking international education news, make sure you subscribe to The Koala News.
For decades, Australia's leading thinker on Higher Education policy has been Professor Andrew Norton from the ANU. A prolific author and commentator, Andrew has produced a vast and insightful body of work on almost every imaginable aspect of higher ed.
But not only does Andrew analyse, he explains in clean, coherent terms.
Today, Andrew joins us on Global Horizons for his perspective on a range of issues relating to international education, from the recent Senate hearings into the ESOS bill, to thoughts around the politics of migration and international education.
Having one of Australia's most prominent voices and thinkers in your podcast feed? That's what we'd call a BONUS.
Global Horizons is a production of The Global Society, Australia's Learning Abroad Support Company.
We are incredibly proud to be the OFFICIAL podcast of the AIEC Australian International Education Conference... registrations are open now!
And for all the breaking international education news, make sure you subscribe to The Koala News.
As international educators went about their work creating positive change in the world, far away in Canberra a Senate committee was sitting down to hear from sector experts.
At stake: the short-term future of Australian international education, as the Government works towards making major changes to the way international education works in Australia.
As Alec Webb remarked in his opening comments: “If our global competitors were to design a Bill that undermines the jobs, reputation, competitiveness, and the global market share built up by Australia’s higher education sector, it would be this Bill.”
There were dozens of other forthright, cutting observations (catch the best ones in this article in The Koala News).
Major changes like this come along every decade or so, and the changes proposed have the potential to upend decades of positive progress in both Australian international education and soft power.
With so much at stake, Dirk Mulder (editor, The Koala News) and Rob Malicki (CEO, The Global Society) are putting out this special deep dive analysis of the Senate hearings - so get up to speed quickly with what went down and what it means for our sector.
Global Horizons is a production of The Global Society, Australia's Learning Abroad Support Company.
We are incredibly proud to be the OFFICIAL podcast of the AIEC Australian International Education Conference.
And for all the breaking international education news, make sure you subscribe to The Koala News.
This week is a little different on Global Horizons - we're putting out a double episode! In this episode, you're getting the best of The Koala's international education news, plus a VERY special guest.
Joining us this week we're privileged to have Rohit Sharma, the Senior Vice President at ETS, on the podcast. Rohit has been in Australia for PIE Live and stakeholder meetings and we have been fortunate to snag someone with such vast experience to unpack some of the big issues and trends in global international education. Rohit tells a great story and effortlessly shares insights and wisdom - there's so much to learn here!
We also talk about the journey to make enhancements to TOEFL, and how organisations can stay innovative, nimble and responsive, even once they become large.
Global Horizons is a production of The Global Society, Australia's Learning Abroad Support Company.
We are incredibly proud to be the OFFICIAL podcast of the AIEC Australian International Education Conference.
And for all the breaking international education news, make sure you subscribe to The Koala News.
The podcast currently has 47 episodes available.