University leaders at Kings College London, the University of Chicago and University of Melbourne talk about working with community stakeholders in all areas of teaching and research
Three university leaders heading up their institutions’ public affairs and community engagement in London, Melbourne and Chicago speak with us about the value of mutually beneficial partnerships with First Nation communities, local organizations and government.
They talk about using their strengths of teaching and research to engage with the community and what that means for increasingly digital campuses.
This episode features:
Deborah Bull, vice-president, communities and national engagement at King’s College London
Derek Douglas, vice-president for civic engagement and external affairs at The University of Chicago
Julie Wells, vice-president, strategy & culture at University of Melbourne.
Immersive technology expert Monica Arés explains how the combination of artificial intelligence and extended reality in education has the potential to unlock curiosity and learning, the costs that come with these tools and what she thinks teaching technology will look like in 2034.
Academic, practitioner and policy commentator Mark Thompson shares his concern that UK higher education is drifting from its true north of research, teaching and impact in the wake of complex digital change and the prisoner’s dilemma of whole-sector transformation
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