Essential Insights is a member-focused event series designed to deliver pragmatic, hands-on insights and advice across a range of spotlighted topics that preoccupy us all. These lunchtime webinars include a 20-minute presentation and 30-minutes for open discussion and questions. Please feel free to bring your lunch!

2025 Policy Wrap Up
12pm-1pm (AEDT)
Wednesday 19 November
Online

This session will provide an opportunity to reflect on the key policy shifts and initiatives that shaped the higher education landscape through 2025. We’ll explore how developments have influenced our strategic directions and institutional responses. Join us for a concise overview of the most significant Australian higher education policy developments of 2025.

Professor Lori Lockyer, DASSH Secretary, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice at the Queensland University of Technology will lead this session.

This session will be chaired by Professor James Verdon, Executive Dean Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education at Swinburne University of Technology.

Professor Lori Lockyer Scaled

Professor Lori Lockyer

Secretary

Queensland University of Technology

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Professor James Verdon

Professor James Verdon

Board Member

Swinburne University of Technology

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