by Nora Farhane | Mar 16, 2017 | Education, The world @work
Jenny comes from a disadvantaged family in Asia. She had to work to help her single mum with living costs so she could afford to send her to school. Jenny will never forget a primary teacher who paid for her school fees. Jenny loved school and this teacher inspired...
by Andrew Barr | Nov 11, 2016 | Education, The world @work
At 6:41pm Eastern Australian time on Wednesday 9 November, within half an hour of the calling of the US Presidential election result, in came an email with a request to chat from a very highly regarded Assistant Professor at a major Californian university. “I...
by Andrew Barr | Sep 15, 2016 | Executive, The world @work
Have we made any progress in understanding the needs of graduates? A growing development across the University sector has been the search for leaders who have the vision for an improved learning experience for students. From the start of their entry into university,...
by Andrew Barr | Jun 7, 2016 | Executive, The world @work
The announcement of the world’s biggest education prize, worth more than $A12 million, offered by a Chinese tech billionaire, is symbolic of the surging wave of education for next gen China. Working with a group of schools myself in China recently, I have seen...
by Andrew Barr | Feb 11, 2016 | Executive, The world @work
When you see candidates, do you imagine the possibilities and give them scope to realise their potential? In recent weeks leading universities have advocated strongly for the removal of the traditional means by which students are selected for tertiary places – the...
