HEDx
HEDx is focussed on the changing landscape of higher education. The podcast investigates global innovations, opinions, strategies and experiences across the sector. Episodes have a range of guests in academic and other leaders as the sector moves through unprecedented times.
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- 12
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- Sep 24, 2026
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- Jul 9, 2026
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EP224. The student perspective: heard but not always listened to (opens the original)
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Episode 9 of The AI Inflection Point — the last conversation on the student experience. Most universities will tell you they listen to their students. But listening and actually responding are two very different things. Jasmine Johnston moderates a panel that gets honest about that gap. Ghazal Duggal, nursing student at USQ and student representative, on what it feels like to carry the concerns of a whole cohort. Neave Nagel, President of NUS 2026 and UTS Students Association, on why two student
HEDx Student Experience - EP9 (opens the original)
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Could undergraduate research help strengthen Australia’s innovation pipeline? In this Student Experience episode, Dr Sharon Saunders and Ben Roden-Cohen are joined by ACUR leaders Dr Lilia Mantai and Claudia Ghosn to explore how early research experiences build student confidence, capability and career pathways. They discuss the value of undergraduate research, the barriers limiting participation, and why creating more opportunities for students to engage in authentic research matters for Austra
EP223. Designing for what students actually need (opens the original)
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Episode 8 of The AI Inflection Point - the second of two conversations on the student experience. Brandman University went from 65% to 90% graduation rates in five years. Not by adding more services. Just by asking a simple question: what's actually getting in the way for students? The answer wasn't money or motivation. It was time. Roger Lee brings together four people sitting with that same question every day. Tania Broadley from Australian Catholic University on moving from reactive to proact
EP222. The tertiary system: what it looks like when it works (opens the original)
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Episode 7 of The AI Inflection Point — the first of two conversations on connecting the dots between VET and higher education. David Turvey, Executive Director of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission, brings together four leaders who aren't talking about what could happen — they're already doing it. Pascale Quester, Vice-Chancellor of Swinburne University, on what it actually takes to run a dual sector institution — and why for some students it's still easier to go somewhere else. Michel
Student Experience - EP8 (opens the original)
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At the HEDx Conference at UTS, Ben Roden-Cohen and Madison Piper talk with Pascale Quester, Rachel Wilson, Rachel Fitzgerald, Danny Liu, Tim Fawns and Katie Ford to ask what the future of higher education should look like — and who gets a say in shaping it. The conversation goes beyond technology to explore the value of student voice, the importance of diverse perspectives in decision-making, and why innovation in teaching needs both time and investment. The guests discuss critical thinking, hum
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