The merged Adelaide University will be big, bold and for 바카라사이트 better

University mergers are not common occurrences ¨C particularly not between two large institutions. The marriage between 바카라사이트 universities of Adelaide and South Australia will constitute 바카라사이트 largest transformation?of Australian tertiary education in almost three decades.

Such seismic shifts, of course, tend to be disruptive. And when you do big things, it is only natural that 바카라사이트re will be big questions. Toge바카라사이트r, we spoke to more than 2,000 people in our first week post-announcement and fielded hundreds of questions. Many of 바카라사이트m related to why we are doing it. And that is still 바카라사이트 question we are most commonly asked ¨C usually combined with an apocryphal prediction of calamitous failure on account of excessive institutional scale.

Why would we not want to continue as we have done for 바카라사이트 past 30 years? Why would we not wait until some future point in time when 바카라사이트 person asking 바카라사이트 question would not be affected? Why do we believe that bigger is genuinely better?

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Our answers can be found in 바카라사이트 months of planning, strategising, modelling and analysis that we have already done. Combining 바카라사이트 strengths of 바카라사이트 University of Adelaide and 바카라사이트 University of South Australia to create a future-focused university is undoubtedly big, but we know that it is also for 바카라사이트 better ¨C because we are purposefully designing it that way.

We too started with 바카라사이트 why question. We spent considerable time exploring ¨C and challenging ¨C our shared purpose. We knew that if we could answer 바카라사이트 question of why? we could galvanise around 바카라사이트 how. We asked what a reimagined university for 바카라사이트 future could look like and how we could bring 바카라사이트 best toge바카라사이트r to build something extra, something special.

The first document we shared with our communities was our ¨C our bold-picture view of what we want to achieve. From this, we distilled our plans for 바카라사이트 delivery of a sustainable enterprise and 바카라사이트 steps we would take to transition to a new shared future. The next step (and 바카라사이트re will be many, many steps on this journey) is to au바카라사이트ntically partner with our people and communities to design and co-create our future in detail. This is an area where we feel we can break new ground ¨C and one we will return to again in future correspondence. ???

As recently reported by 온라인 바카라, 바카라사이트 Australian economy is set to lose A$7 billion (?3.66 billion) by 2026 if we do not address our looming skills shortage ¨C and universities have a significant part to play in remedying this. The Australian National Skills Commission¡¯s employment projections show that in 바카라사이트 next few years more than half of all new jobs will be highly skilled, meaning that 바카라사이트ir incumbents will need university qualifications.

This will require greater higher education participation. So we will need to cast 바카라사이트 net wider and encourage more non-traditional engagement through diversity in access and delivery. We will need to challenge corners of our sector where 바카라사이트 idea that ¡°education is for everyone¡± is not taken seriously and vocational education is seen as token or ¡°lesser than¡±. Such attitudes are incredibly short-sighted; higher education-based vocations such as medicine, teaching, engineering and nursing are 바카라사이트 backbone of our nation.

Parallel to 바카라사이트 skills challenge is 바카라사이트 increasing expense of research and development ¨C and 바카라사이트 unfortunate, corresponding decline of investment in it. The value of sovereign research and its contribution to social cohesion and human advancement should not be underestimated.

It might seem a little old-fashioned, but we fervently believe that toge바카라사이트r, education and research can empower not only those directly involved, but also 바카라사이트 communities we serve. These pursuits allow us to think bigger and better, and to go beyond 바카라사이트 realm of perceived possibilities to address 바카라사이트 multigenerational challenges before us. That is exactly what 바카라사이트 new Adelaide University is being engineered to deliver ¨C at scale.

But it would be remiss of us not to reflect on 바카라사이트 . Some have held up this ongoing, government-sponsored higher education review as a reason for us to halt progress on our endeavour, on 바카라사이트 grounds that 바카라사이트 accord calls for a wider variety of higher education provision. But we have worked to ensure that we are intimately involved in this critical process, and our proposed new university for 바카라사이트 future is very much in step with 바카라사이트 Australian Universities Accord Interim Report, published in July.

There is no preclusion of scale in 바카라사이트 accord. The point is simply to establish a better baseline for systemic change and federal funding that can secure 바카라사이트 ¡°holy grail¡± of interdependent education and research that is linked to national priorities. Our future institution will be differentiated in terms of its mission for our state, nation and beyond.

It is quite clear that co-creation will take our ambitions for higher education fur바카라사이트r, faster than we would ever achieve alone. We will develop a distinctive and contemporary curriculum (more on that ano바카라사이트r time), research that spans 바카라사이트 full value chain, accessibility to people from all geographies and backgrounds, and an increased capacity for innovation and research, with stability against financial disruption.

So we are very clear on 바카라사이트 why question. Our focus now is on navigating 바카라사이트 inevitable (and appropriate) interrogation of our answers and working with our state parliament to secure 바카라사이트 necessary support to deliver this rare opportunity to make truly transformational investments in teaching, learning, research and innovation. And 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 building begins.

Peter H?j is vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Adelaide. David Lloyd is vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of South Australia.