Business Academic; Regional Advocate. Honorary Professor, La Trobe University. Views are my own.
Regional Victoria
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I am horrified by the attack on Helen Haines @helenhainesindi I worked with her through La Trobe’s AW campus. She was challenging, as the local MP should be, but also supportive of our efforts and unequivocal about her commitment to our students. I wish her all the best.
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A beautiful tribute to Rachel Cooke, the brilliant Observer journalist who has died so tragically young
Running up to Halloween, a horror story about twinning, TNE and possible exemptions from the international caps
Check out my latest article: Twinning. Be Careful What You Wish For linkedin.com/pulse/twinning-… via @LinkedIn
The greatest thing on Twitter - through a wormhole in time from Trafalgar.
What does the caps data release tell us about universities' strategies? Dusting off Mintzberg's framework to help explain what's going on
Emergent Strategy, Revealed Priorities and International Caps linkedin.com/pulse/emergent-… via @LinkedIn
#RIHLive what is the most consequential event on a sports field for world history?
Olympic sponsorship is a battle for attention, and one new arrival stood out for me. Some thoughts on LVMH and its Olympic sponsorship decisions.
Check out my latest article: Citius, Altius, Luxurious linkedin.com/pulse/citius-al… via @LinkedIn
Farewell to Destination Australia. Certainly flawed, but one of very few attempts to invest incrementally in the growth of regional higher education, both domestically and internationally. And with success. Destination Australia Departs linkedin.com/pulse/destinati… via @LinkedIn
A sponsorship crisis, political marketing and gin and tonic combine for my perfect marketing issue. How has the mixer brand found itself tied to Trump, and what could be done? Some research-driven thoughts.
Fever Tree Sweats in Milwaukee linkedin.com/pulse/fever-tre… via @LinkedIn
The Needs Based Funding paper is out, with proposals to fund delivery for regional students. Very 2023, but not much on how to fund the outreach and recruitment required to deliver the Accord's regional growth targets. Some thoughts...,linkedin.com/pulse/funding-r… via @LinkedIn
I use positioning (and depositioning) to explore lobbying in higher education, what does not help and who actually is a northerner. Best enjoyed sipping a pint with a real head on it linkedin.com/pulse/idea-nort… via @LinkedIn
Compare and contrast Government decision making - for the Accord, and for the clampdown on student visas. To help explain, there's alternative decision models available. The Garbage Can Cometh linkedin.com/pulse/garbage-c… via @LinkedIn
The Universities Accord final report paid particular attention to regional higher education. How delighted am I? Amongst many, many comments on the report, these are my thoughts on that bit in particular. linkedin.com/pulse/accord-re… via @LinkedIn
This piece xitter.cf/JohnRoss49/status/1757… suggests liability for an international fee levy could depend on universities' accounting choices. That may mean minimised liabilities and perverse outcomes.
To help explain what is going on I take up Goodhart's Law, linkedin.com/pulse/bricks-wi…
“[We] need to increase transparency around uni financing across the board, particularly as we go into Accord processes. If there’s ambiguity…around the way universities are structuring or financing themselves, these things need to be out in the open.” timeshighereducation.com/new…
Some thoughts, based on public management models, about why the Sunday Times international student story is a serious risk.
International Education, Greedy Dons and Maintaining Trust linkedin.com/pulse/internati… via @LinkedIn
An integrated post-school system is sure to be an Accord recommendation, makes total sense, but how on earth do we get there? Thoughts based on bruises of experience. A more integrated tertiary education system Stan … and world peace! linkedin.com/pulse/more-inte… via @LinkedIn
We have data showing the equity profile of Australian higher education up to the time Jason Clare took the reins, and it's ugly. Some thoughts on that past and how we leave it behind. The Past in the Rear View Mirror linkedin.com/pulse/past-rear…
#RIHlive CLR James blamed bodyline on the great currents of history - modernism and the rise of fascism. Agree? Or was Douglas Jardine just one of the great bastards of history?
The Interim Report into International Education has some great recommendations, and one very odd one. In a head spinning moment, I stand up against adequate regional funding.
Some Regional Investment to Refuse? linkedin.com/pulse/some-regi…