KPMG’s Talking Tertiary is back with a second season in which we will be talking to 'The Disruptors' – the people leading change in the new market entrants and within the traditional institutions.

In the first episode of Season 2 Professor Stephen Parker AO talks with Beverley Oliver, Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University.

Beverley is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an Australian National Teaching Fellow. She works as a higher education consultant and researcher particularly in areas such as digital education, micro-credentials, curriculum transformation, quality assurance and graduate employability. She is the founder and editor of the Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability.

In this episode Stephen and Beverley discuss the disruptive power of micro credentials and how they link in with the technologies and learning approaches that have the potential to change the landscape of the Education sector. They also touch on the importance of more certified learning in both formal and informal settings to ensure that the future workforce can upskill and reskill to meet the demands of the changing nature of work.

To read Beverley’s full report on ‘Making micro-credentials work for learners, employers and providers’ head to https://dteach.deakin.edu.au/2019/08/02/microcredentials/

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In this bonus episode of KPMG’s Talking Tertiary podcast Professor Stephen Parker AO reflects on Season 1 and picks out some of its central themes with highlights from the interviewees. Some of the main themes include:

• the divide between Higher Education and Vocational Education

We’ll be back in early 2020 with Season 2 ‘The Disruptors’ – the people leading change in the new market entrants and within the traditional institutions.

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In this, the final episode for 2019 of KPMG’s Talking Tertiary podcast series, Professor Stephen Parker AO talks with Professor Glyn Davis AC.

Glyn is one of Australia's leading higher education figures known not only for his work in higher education, but in public policy and government more generally. For nearly 14 years he was the Vice Chancellor at the University of Melbourne, moving there from his position as Vice Chancellor of Griffith University. He has various roles including as a distinguished professor at the ANU's Crawford school of public policy and CEO of the Paul Ramsay Foundation.

Stephen and Glyn cover a range of issues facing tertiary education including: the key education policy changes and their impact over the last fifteen years, the Australian university landscape, international students and the potential disruptors to higher education provision. They also discuss the role of the Paul Ramsay Foundation in tackling disadvantage and insights from Glyn’s current academic roles.

We’ll be back in early 2020 with 'The Disruptors' – the people leading change in the new market entrants and within the traditional institutions.

Find out more about the Paul Ramsay Foundation https://paulramsayfoundation.org.au/

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Professor Stephen Parker talks with Professor Peter Dawkins AO, the Vice Chancellor and President of Victoria University. Peter has held this role since 2011 and previously held senior positions in the Victorian public service including Deputy Secretary of the Department of Treasury and Finance and Secretary of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.

They discuss a range of issues including the innovative teaching approach called The Block model and the broader challenges and opportunities facing the Tertiary Education system in Australia.

This extended episode of Talking Tertiary comes from an event held by CEDA in Perth on 4 September 2019, the Western Australia Vice-Chancellor Panel which was moderated by Professor Stephen Parker.

The panelists were Professor Deborah Terry AO, Vice-Chancellor, Curtin University, Professor Selma Alliex, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Head of Fremantle Campus, University of Notre Dame Australia, Professor Steve Chapman, Vice-Chancellor and President, Edith Cowan University, Professor Eeva Leinonen, Vice-Chancellor, Murdoch University and Professor Dawn Freshwater, Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Australia.

Prof Stephen Parker talks with Linda Brown the CEO of Laureate Australia & New Zealand and President of Torrens University Australia. Linda has a long background in education and training including Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Director of TAFE at Swinburne University in Melbourne. Stephen and Linda discuss the contrast between public and private institutions and how the role of private tertiary education may develop in the future.

In this episode Prof Stephen Parker talks with Dr Stephanie Fahey, the Chief Executive Officer of The Australian Trade and Investment Commission or Austrade. Austrade is the the Australian Government agency responsible for promoting trade, investment and international education, and tourism policy, programs and research. International education is now Australia’s third largest export, it employees about 240,000 people and one in 50 people in Australia is an international student.

Stephen and Stephanie talk about the opportunities, risks and challenges related to international education including the its capacity to absorb growth, diversifying the range of countries where students come from and where and how they study tertiary education once in Australia.

Prof Stephen Parker talks with Prof Rufus Black, the Vice Chancellor at the University of Tasmania about what it means to be a placed-based university.

In this episode Professor Stephen Parker talks with Professor Carolyn Evans, the Vice Chancellor at Griffith University about her emerging vision for the university and the challenges she expects to face.

Prof Stephen Parker talks with Anthony McClaran, CEO of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). They discuss the evolving higher education landscape in Australia, the changing nature of international education and how regulation can support innovation in the sector as new pressures emerge.