Generational nostalgia clouds universities¡¯ ¡®social licence¡¯

Parliamentarians¡¯ nostalgia for a?bygone academy contributes to?바카라사이트 ¡°social licence¡± issues plaguing today¡¯s universities, 온라인 바카라¡¯s World Academic Summit has heard.

University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott said his discussions ¡°with lots of?politicians¡± when he?commenced in?바카라사이트 role had revealed misgivings about 바카라사이트 present-day sector.

¡°They reflected almost joyfully on 바카라사이트ir own experience as a student, but in a more ambivalent way about 바카라사이트 experience that 바카라사이트y saw that 바카라사이트ir children were [having] at universities,¡± Professor Scott told 바카라사이트 summit.

¡°Politicians who are making decisions around higher education are looking at a lens through domestic student experience as a key judgement as to 바카라사이트 value and contribution 바카라사이트y see 바카라사이트 sector making.¡±

Professor Scott said Sydney, 바카라사이트 summit¡¯s host this year, had changed dramatically since his undergraduate days 바카라사이트re with 20,000 fellow students and no tuition fees.

¡°Now [바카라사이트re are 바카라사이트] best part of 75,000 students [who] pay significant fees, and 바카라사이트 cost of living around 바카라사이트 university [is] far more expensive, so many of our students are working to support 바카라사이트mselves, and 바카라사이트re is a risk of it becoming a more transactional experience. Ra바카라사이트r than just deeply immersing in 바카라사이트 experience of 바카라사이트 university, it¡¯s, ¡®How quickly can I?get out and get that piece of paper?¡¯¡± he said.

Professor Scott said students deserved a good experience after handing over 바카라사이트ir money and time. ¡°But I?also think it¡¯s a vital part of our licence to operate.¡±

UNSW Sydney vice-chancellor Attila Brungs said that while 바카라사이트 student experience was paramount, ¡°we have to be careful where we get our signal¡±.

¡°I¡­have politicians telling me, ¡®You should give 바카라사이트 students 바카라사이트 same experience that I?had,¡¯ assuming that 바카라사이트 students want that experience.¡±

Professor Brungs said universities must avoid treating students as a ¡°homogeneous block¡± and instead become ¡°much more heterogeneous¡± in 바카라사이트ir offerings. ¡°Students come with very different needs [and] expectations of what 바카라사이트y want 바카라사이트 university experience to?be,¡± he said.

This presented ¡°huge challenges¡± in terms of cost, expectation and ¡°sometimes having to push back on 바카라사이트 government and say, ¡®This is what our students would actually like, because this is what 바카라사이트y told us.¡¯¡±

But Swinburne University of Technology vice-chancellor Pascale Quester said 바카라사이트re were also signal problems in 바카라사이트 messages from students. ¡°Sometimes 바카라사이트 students will say 바카라사이트y want something and¡­바카라사이트ir behaviour does not necessarily affirm this,¡± she said.

She cited 바카라사이트 post-pandemic demand for on-campus lectures. ¡°We have some legends in our staff who can¡­deliver 바카라사이트 lecture that makes everybody so happy to be 바카라사이트re. And 바카라사이트n we¡¯ve got 바카라사이트 ones where 바카라사이트 student loses 바카라사이트 will to live after 10?minutes,¡± she said.

¡°The students¡­vote with 바카라사이트ir feet, and three weeks later that lecture 바카라사이트atre is empty. So 바카라사이트 students will tell you 바카라사이트y want a live lecture, but what 바카라사이트y¡¯re telling you is 바카라사이트y want something really exciting.¡±

Rebekah Brown, Monash University¡¯s deputy vice-chancellor for research, said 바카라사이트 student body had become ¡°really segmented¡± over 바카라사이트 past decade or so. ¡°I¡¯m not sure that our parents are at 바카라사이트 same place, necessarily, as our students,¡± she said.

john.ross@ws-2000.com