What now? What next? Insights into Australia's tertiary education sector

AI is changing everything - Claire shares lessons from global leaders

In this episode of the podcast Claire shares insights from three recent events she's attended: 1. GITEX Global [https://www.gitex.com/about] where she learned about: the Canadian government's approach [https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/canadian-sovereign-ai-compute-strategy] to "sovereignty not solitude" in an era of AI, and Canada's LLM (Cohere [https://cohere.com/]), the new Open University of Kenya [https://ouk.ac.ke/], Estonia's successful digital economy [https://www.dw.com/en/how-estonia-outpaced-the-rest-of-europe-at-digitalization/a-73098771], the UAE's LLM (Falcon [https://falconllm.tii.ae/falcon-arabic.html]), the Abu Dhabi government's TAMM app [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPytMJzkxGa/?], G42's Global AI Institute [https://www.g42.ai/resources/news/g42-and-microsoft-launch-responsible-ai-foundation] with Microsoft, Abu Dhabi's Technology Innovation Institute, and the UAE's Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI [https://mbzuai.ac.ae/] (and here's the IMF's ratings of countries by GDP per capita [https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDPDPC@WEO/OEMDC/ADVEC/WEOWORLD]) 2. National Summit on AI and the Future of Australian Education - if you're not familiar with the Australian Framework for Generative AI in Schools [https://www.education.gov.au/schooling/resources/australian-framework-generative-artificial-intelligence-ai-schools] it's making a big difference in the schools sector 3. Digital Education Council's Global Summit [https://www.digitaleducationcouncil.com/dec-global-summit] - the chart that DEC CEO Alessandro Di Lullo shared "the scariest chart in the world" [https://www.derekthompson.org/p/is-this-the-new-scariest-chart-in] from Derek Thompson writer at The Atlantic (using data from the US Federal Reserve), DEC's Ten Dimension AI Readiness Framework [https://www.digitaleducationcouncil.com/post/ten-dimension-ai-readiness-framework]. Danny Bielik spoke with Claire in Episode 117 of the podcast and Prof. Himanshu Rai joined Claire in Episode 122  And details of The Economist's upcoming AI Innovation Asia summit [https://events.economist.com/ai-innovation-asia/agenda/]. Contact Claire: * Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire Field [https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-field-and-associates/] * Follow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/clairefield.bsky.social] * Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.au [https://clairefield.com.au] * Email me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodians. In the spirit of reconciliation we are proud to recommend John Briggs Consulting as a leader in Reconciliation and Indigenous engagement. To find out more go to www.johnbriggs.net.au [http://www.johnbriggs.net.au/]

"Representation is highly important but not sufficient" - new views on university governance from ANU academics

In this episode of the podcast Claire is joined by Distinguished Prof. Keith Dowding and Dr Marija Taflaga from the Australian National University - with some answers to the problems of university governance. In the episode you'll here references to: * the paper Dr Taflaga, Dr Markham and Prof Dowding recently published: https://doi.org/10.25911/MWW4-9781 [https://doi.org/10.25911/MWW4-9781] * their submission to the Senate Inquiry into University Governance is submission number 6 on the new Senate inquiry website: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/UniversityGovernance48/Submissions [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/UniversityGovernance48/Submissions] * the Senate inquiry's interim report has helped focus public attention on how significant some of the problems are in universities - it's at: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/UniversityGovernance48/Interim_report [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/UniversityGovernance48/Interim_report] * the University Chancellors Council's submission to the Accord Panel's Interim Report is at: https://www.education.gov.au/system/files/2023-08/AUA_inter_tranche3_043%20University%20Chancellors%20Council.pdf [https://www.education.gov.au/system/files/2023-08/AUA_inter_tranche3_043%20University%20Chancellors%20Council.pdf] * in a much earlier episode of the podcast (episode 130) I summarised the submissions made to the first iteration of the inquiry (before the election). Those submissions are available at: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/UniversityGovernance/Submissions [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/UniversityGovernance/Submissions] * in episode 132 I spoke to Prof. Renée Leon on university governance and the Charles Sturt University submission * in episode 135 I spoke to Prof. Gavin Nicholson about his submission on university governance, and * in episode 137 I spoke with Dr Julia Anaf about the health impacts on university staff of the current governance problems in much of the sector.  Contact Claire: * Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire Field [https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-field-and-associates/] * Follow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/clairefield.bsky.social] * Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.au [https://clairefield.com.au] * Email me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodians. In the spirit of reconciliation we are proud to recommend John Briggs Consulting as a leader in Reconciliation and Indigenous engagement. To find out more go to www.johnbriggs.net.au [http://www.johnbriggs.net.au/]

A new "AI team teacher" at TAFE NSW - Bala Subra explains

In this episode, Claire is joined by by Bala Subra, TAFE NSW IT Program Development and Management to discuss their use of a new AI tool, Maya, as a team teacher supporting student learning. In the episode Claire refers to the following resources which listeners working in the VET sector will find particularly useful if you haven't come across them before: * TEQSA's GenAI knowledge hub: https://www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resources/higher-education-good-practice-hub/gen-ai-knowledge-hub [https://www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resources/higher-education-good-practice-hub/gen-ai-knowledge-hub] * Claire's interview with Timmy Theopelus on Gen AI and a tech company getting engaged in VET: What Now? What Next? episode 109  [https://www.buzzsprout.com/345782/episodes/14846826] * Claire's recap of the 2024 HolonIQ Summit where Prof. Rose Luckin spoke about AI: What now? What next? episode 113 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/345782/episodes/15343271] Contact Claire: * Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire Field [https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-field-and-associates/] * Follow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/clairefield.bsky.social] * Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.au [https://clairefield.com.au] * Email me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodians. In the spirit of reconciliation we are proud to recommend John Briggs Consulting as a leader in Reconciliation and Indigenous engagement. To find out more go to www.johnbriggs.net.au [http://www.johnbriggs.net.au/]

Shae McGregor and TAFE Gippsland "creating opportunities... for education to change lives"

In this episode Claire is joined by Shae McGregor, Pathways Course Transitions Manager at TAFE Gippsland to discuss some phenomenal work they are doing to help learners experiencing intersectional disadvantage to make profound changes to their lives. Contact Claire: * Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire Field [https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-field-and-associates/] * Follow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/clairefield.bsky.social] * Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.au [https://clairefield.com.au] * Email me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodians. In the spirit of reconciliation we are proud to recommend John Briggs Consulting as a leader in Reconciliation and Indigenous engagement. To find out more go to www.johnbriggs.net.au [http://www.johnbriggs.net.au/]

Prof. Chris Moran - all the ways UNE makes a difference to students (incl. with a new AI tool)

In this episode of the podcast Claire is joined by the Vice Chancellor of the University of New England, Prof. Chris Moran to discuss the work UNE is doing to engage and support students from less privileged backgrounds to consider university study and find a place at UNE despite many not having an ATAR. During the conversation Claire referred to this new report from Jobs and Skills Australia: https://www.jobsandskills.gov.au/research/studies/gender-economic-equality-study#paper2educationand [https://www.jobsandskills.gov.au/research/studies/gender-economic-equality-study#paper2educationand] Contact Claire: * Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire Field [https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-field-and-associates/] * Follow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/clairefield.bsky.social] * Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.au [https://clairefield.com.au] * Email me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodians. In the spirit of reconciliation we are proud to recommend John Briggs Consulting as a leader in Reconciliation and Indigenous engagement. To find out more go to www.johnbriggs.net.au [http://www.johnbriggs.net.au/]