While on leave recently, I finalised a fun project I have had in the works for a while: my first Tiktok. I perform a brief history of Australian higher education reviews.

When teaching the Evolution of Higher Education, I typically provide this information in a list with a warning (Boring slides ahead) and ask students: From your general knowledge and experience, what have been some of the significant changes in higher education in Australia since the mid 20th century? (The introduction of HECS, the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, usually features in their responses). The rest of the slides are more interesting:

  • Macquarie University brought learning to the doors of women of Sydney’s North Shore (Australian Women’s Weekly 1967)

But not as much fun as Tiktok!

Let’s take a trip back in time through the politics of Australian higher education. In response to the O’Kane Accord, here is 75 years of political reform of universities in just 3½ minutes.

@agnesbosanquet

75 years of Australian education reform in 3½ mins

♬ original sound – agnesbosanquet – agnesbosanquet

Transcript of video available here.

Primary sources:

Acknowledgements:
Thank you to those who encouraged me and provided suggestions and feedback (in alphabetical order): Daniel Anson, Kylie Coaldrake, Caitlin Field, Mathew Hillier, Mary Jones, Olga Kozar, Karina Luzia, Cathy Rytmeister and Robyn Westcott.

Music credits:
* Carefree Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.
* Crusade- Heavy Industry Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.

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