This study has produced a research-based understanding of the contexts and capabilities that underpin effective leadership in vocational education and training. It involved context reviews, consultations, research on leadership effectiveness, a national survey of VET leaders and a symposium. More...

Following on from Alison Johns’ recent Guardian post, Five ways to improve leadership in universities, we look to ways to develop leadership capacity for the many who contribute towards leadership in higher education. Johns asserts that university leaders would do well to consider a focus on creating development opportunities, proactively improving diversity, addressing work-life balance, attracting leaders with outside experience, and analysing the motivations of potential leaders. More...

Le gouvernement canadien a décrit les universités, les collèges et les autres établissements de recherche du Canada comme des « catalyseurs de découvertes ». Voir l'article...

By Julie Cafley. The shifting landscape at universities around the world is creating some unfortunate casualties. In the Canadian context, the presidents at the University of British Columbia, the University of Saskatchewan and L’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières are some of its latest victims. Read more...

By Roger Chao Jr. With the world focused on Myanmar and its reform process since 2010, it is important to understand that any reform process requires transformational leadership. This transformational leadership can be seen at the national political level, but it can also be seen at the higher education sector level. Read more...

By Heather Nel. Universities globally are increasingly challenged by disruptive innovation that is revolutionary, unpredictable and moving at an unprecedented pace. In this context, universities have to navigate demands for ever-increasing scrutiny from funders, regulatory bodies and societal stakeholders to be accountable for achieving public good purposes such as promoting social justice and equality. Read more...

By Carolyn Muriel Shields. The closing months of 2015 bore witness to considerable unrest on numerous American campuses. Immediate demands for redress came from increasing discontent about deep-seated insensitivities and inequities resulting from the historic and entrenched institutional racism and discrimination that pervades higher education institutions. Read more...

The federal government called the country’s universities, colleges and other research institutions Canada’s “engines of discovery” and presented a Budget that pledged $2 billion over three years to fund infrastructure projects at post-secondary institutions, $800 million over four years to develop and support innovation clusters as part of the Innovation Agenda, and the largest investment in Canada’s research granting councils in more than a decade. More...