In this special episode of the podcast, Claire is joined by Dirk Mulder, founder and CEO of The Koala News and Tracy Harris, Principal, Tracy Harris Solutions to discuss where the international education sector stands now that the government's legislative changes to amend the ESOS Act look unlikely to be passed by the Senate. The podcast is the audio recording of a webinar Claire, Dirk and Tracy hosted. If you want to watch the video instead you'll find it at: https://clairefield.com.au/international-student-caps-webinar-recording/ If you're not already a subscriber to the Koala News ..read more

In this episode of the podcast Claire is joined by Chemène Sinson and Maria Langwell to discuss the Revised Standards and why it's important that the Standards should still include a definition of 'competency', why there is a need for proper education and support for RTOs during this transition, and how training providers can map their existing practices to the new Standards. If you haven't seen the Revised Standards yet - they're still technically in draft form until they are legislated - but they have been signed off by State, Territory and Australian government Skills Ministers, so for now ..read more

On this episode of the podcast Claire is joined by two VET leaders helping shape VET's response to changes in the way work is done in the construction industry: Jason Jennings from the ACT's Construction Industry Training Council and Eve Price from ConCOVE (New Zealand's Construction & Infrastructure Centre of Vocational Excellence). You can find out more about ConCOVE at: https://concove.ac.nz and about CITC at: https://www.citc.org.au And if you're interested in AI and its impact on teaching and assessment - although the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has not yet produ ..read more

In this episode Claire steps through the following changes the Australian government is looking to make to international education: through the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment Bill - which aims to improve transparency in relation to education agents, to limit new international education providers and their activities, and to cap international student enrolments Claire's analysis of what the student enrolment caps will mean for different providers - which she has also written about in some detail on her website at: https://clairefield.com.au/unpacking-the-international-stude ..read more

In this episode of the podcast Claire is joined by the President of the Digital Education Council, Danny Bielik to discuss the work of the Council and how education is changing and what that means for institutions. During their conversation they discuss: a recent global survey conducted by the Council on students' views and use of AI in education: https://www.digitaleducationcouncil.com/post/digital-education-council-global-ai-student-survey-2024 the work of the government of Singapore in keeping its citizens upskilled for the changing world of work: https://www.skillsfuture.gov.sg ..read more

In this episode, Claire speaks with Michael Fay OAM, Director and Head of Education Services at AFG Venture Group and Special Advisor to the Executive Director of the ASEAN Universities Network. Michael shares his deep experience and insights on Australia's universities' (and VET providers') engagement in Southeast Asia and with ASEAN - and talks about the upcoming ASEAN Australia Education Dialogue being held later this year. In her introduction Claire recognises the efforts of Austrade to sensitively communicate the recent decision by the Australian government to introduce caps on new inte ..read more

In this episode of the podcast Claire is joined by Kane Murdoch, Macquarie University's Head of Conduct, Appeals and Misconduct to discuss issues related to academic integrity - especially since the advent of Generative AI. Kane mentions the following articles in the interview: Educational integrity enforcement pyramid with Cath Ellis: Ellis, C., & Murdoch, K. (2024). The educational integrity enforcement pyramid: a new framework for challenging and responding to student cheating. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2024.2329167 Murdoch ..read more

In this episode of the podcast Claire was joined by Amit Sevak, the CEO of Educational Testing Service (ETS), to discuss the role ETS plays in international education and what they are seeing as countries like Australia move to restrict international student numbers. Amit also shares his insights into some of the key takeaways from ETS' 2024 Human Progress Report - a global survey of attitudes to learning (including views on upskilling and reskilling and the growing 'fear of becoming obsolete' (FOBO) as well as people's views on the use of AI in learning. Contact Claire: Connect with me on L ..read more

In this episode Claire shares what she learned from two of the presenters at the HolonIQ 2024 "Future of Higher Education & Workforce" Summit. Prof. Rose Luckin and Dr Victoria Galan-Muros are respectively experts in AI in education and on microcredentials in higher education. The insights they shared left Claire (and other Summit attendees) with a lot to contemplate. The website for Prof. Luckin's EDUCATE Ventures Research is: https://www.educateventures.com/ UNESCO's Institute for Higher Education's website is: https://www.iesalc.unesco.org/en/ Claire will publish a summary of her ..read more

In this episode Claire is joined by the CEO and Managing Director of Studiosity, Mike Larsen, to discuss their latest research on student wellbeing. The research report can be downloaded from Studiosity's website: https://www.studiosity.com/au-student-wellbeing-2024 Contact Claire: Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire Field Follow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.au Email me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodian ..read more