The Future of the Higher Education Sector in Australia : From the Lens of a Skeptic

Abstract

COVID-19 has resulted in disruption of higher education sector in Australia. This study offers a conceptual paper looking at how the education system has evolved over the years and reached where it is now. COVID-19 has disrupted the traditional forms of teaching and learning and fast tracked the online teaching and learning models. This paper explores the challenges faced by the higher education section during the COVID times, the strategies adopted by universities/colleges to cope and survive as an industry. The paper also explores the future of the higher education sector and the role digitalisation may play in post- COVID times.

Presenters

Charu Hurria
Director/ Management Consultant/ Career Coach, AHCDC ( Australasian Human Capital Development Centre), New South Wales, Australia

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Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

2021 Special Focus - Preparing Organizations for New Digital Futures: New Rules of Engagement for the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

KEYWORDS

Higher Education, Australia, Digital future, Teaching and Learning, Change Management

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