Online learning opens delivery both nationally and internationally. It provides the opportunity to perform on a grand scale – but with the opportunity coms considerable responsibility and challenge.…

A simple arrangement – 123, represents the new GCA/UBSS as it commences a regrowth program and a diversity of offerings. UBSS is a single, focussed school (1); offering two levels of awards (2); and operating from three campuses (3).…

An Academic Integrity Committee (ideally a standing committee of the Academic Senate) needs to be in place and should meet regularly and consistently. A senior academic should be appointed Chair and needs to be supported by a quality secretary ensuring appropriate recording of data to be used in a range of reports.…

Universities, in particular, failed very badly (as evidenced in the QILT outcomes over the last few COVID years) as online providers. The significant retrenching of the better (casual) teachers replaced by out of touch full time staff resulted in a poor showing – certainly in the SES space. Pre-recorded classes and low-end technology did not help.…

From a higher education perspective – in many ways, COVID-19 helped reshape our traditional thinking about teaching and learning.…

Sports Organisations benefit from the adoption of digital technology and use of data analytics (Troilo, Bouchet, Urban and Sutton, 2016). Hoeber and Hoeber (2012) found the factors that enable technology adoption, include managerial, organisational and environmental factors.…

Welcome to the 2023 UBSS Graduation Ceremony here at the magnificent Sydney Opera House. For thousands of years this land has been a meeting place of people coming together. Today we come together to confer you as graduates of your degrees and more importantly to celebrate your outstanding achievements.…

In recent times we have seen a small cadre of retired and exiting vice-chancellors come forward to critique our Australian tertiary environment and its leadership behaviours – particularly former VCs Greg Craven (ACU) and Stephen Schwartz (Macquarie). And their appraisals have been illuminating but less than glowing.…

With the HE Regulator’s advice ringing in our ears – ‘if it is safe and practical to do so’ – we are staging a return to campus and F2F teaching in T3, 2023. The return to the classroom after a number of years online is being staged and staggered to ensure that the wellness of students is taken into account – and the processes and support mechanisms are effective.…

In essence a rethink about assessment in general – particularly at undergraduate and postgraduate levels – is needed. A reliance on a formal examination regime is dated and probably no longer relevant.…