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New developments and challenges in tertiary education: An Australian perspective

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The disruptions to the world of work and the challenges our society faces, demand significant changes in Australia's education systems – from school to university and beyond. Western Sydney University has seized on the transformative potential of these disruptions and has embarked on our 21C Curriculum Project to help future-proof our University curriculum and contribute to delivering our commitment as an anchor institution for the Western Sydney region. The '21C project'draws on the research foreshadowing changes to the world of work and the University's commitment to progressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It engages staff, students and our external industry and community partners in co-creating our future curriculum to navigate the societal and workforce disruptions we will all face. That transformation will impact on all aspects of the University's educational work, from the curriculum components that make up our courses to the environments in which our students learn.

Prof Barrie

Professor Simon Barrie

Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning Transformations, Western Sydney University, Australia

Professor Simon Barrie is the inaugural Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning Transformations at Western Sydney University. He is responsible for leadership of strategic educational innovation and transformation at the University, and as part of that work he leads the University's flagship 21C Project. This work delivers the University's commitment to ensuring its students fulfill their potential to become influential global citizen-scholars in a new technology-enabled world. Simon's passions and expertise are in innovatively engaging university communities to deliver new ways to enact the 'idea of the university' in a rapidly changing world. His research is on the transformative potential of higher education and he is a multi-award-winning teacher.

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Private University Sector in Indian Sub-Continent: Success story of Daffodil International University

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Rising demand for higher education in Indian Sub-continent is currently not being met, though this region focuses the importance on the economic development. This is true that the region is one of the most youthful, presenting a distinct window of opportunity for the higher education sector. The paper attempts to show how private university sector shows its potentiality to drive capacity and improve quality of higher education provision in this region. To portrait the real scenario, the research paper focuses the evolution phase of the success of Daffodil International University, a top ranking private university in Bangladesh.

Md. Sabur Khan

Chairman of Daffodil International University (DIU), Dhaka, Bangladesh

A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Md. Sabur Khan, Chairman and Founder of Daffodil International University (DIU) and, Daffodil Education Network (DEN) has involved himself with lot of challenges while he was the President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), and, the Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS). Bangladesh government has awarded Mr. Md Sabur Khan, with the status of 'Commercially Important Person’ (CIP) for his role.
His commitment has attached him as Visiting Professor with a lot of foreign universities. He has been awarded honorary professorship and honorary Doctorate degree from abroad.
World Business Angels Investment Forum ( WBAF ), the largest Angel investors forum designated him as the High-Commissioner of WBAF for Bangladesh. Mr. Md. Sabur Khan is the Chairman, Global Trade Committee and also Director of World IT & Services Alliances (WITSA).
Mr. Khan initiated a challenging project to create 2000 new entrepreneurs, written & published several books in two languages, and initiated business incubator, start up, venture capital, department of Entrepreneurship in the university level to promote entrepreneurship.
Mr. Khan has achieved many awards nationally, and internationally.
He established ‘Daffodil Foundation’ for the well-being of under privileged people.

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An Innovated Three-Step Teaching and Learning Approach for Laboratory Experiments of Thermal Fluids Courses

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The teaching and learning of thermal fluids courses are always challenging due to its complex and abstract nature, and the mathematics involved. With diminishing resources (continuous funding cut, frequent professional/academic staff career movement, lack of competent professional staff, inadequate laboratory infrastructures, teaching and learning thermal fluid courses become harder. it is progressively becoming difficult to teach thermal fluids courses effectively. As a result, students cannot achieve effective learning outcomes. Overcome these challenges, a three-step teaching approach has been developed to enhance students' learning outcomes. This approach is cost effective, user-friendly and attractive. The method comprises a real laboratory video clip, conduction of a real laboratory experiment and a computer simulation/modelling. The developed three-step teaching and learning approach can be applied to not only thermal fluids courses but also other courses.

Professor Firoz Alam

School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Australia

Dr Firoz Alam is a Professor and Program Director in the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He earned his PhD in road vehicle aerodynamics from RMIT University in 2000 and Master's degree (combined with Bachelors) in Aeronautical Engineering from Riga Civil Aviation Engineers Institute, Latvia. Prof Alam has received numerous awards including 2004 RMIT University Teaching Award. His research interest includes aircraft, road vehicle, train, building and sports aerodynamics, energy and engineering education. He has over 250 publications. Prof Alam is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and active members of several other professional societies/associations

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Engineering Education at WSU: Past, Present and Future

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In this speech, an overview of Engineering Education in WSU is conducted for its more than 20-year educational development, starting from its establishment in 1996 until now. As one of main providers of Engineering Education at the Greater Sydney Region in the state of New South Wales, Western Sydney University (WSU), well positions itself as a regional leader and educator in STEM, in particular at the Greater Western Sydney Region (GWS). WSU offers a whole package of engineering degrees in multiple specilaisation fields to fulfill diverse educational needs from students and national and international labour markets. The WSU engineering degree programs are accredited by the accreditation orgainsation – Engineering Australia (EA) and designed to fulfill the requirements of Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as well. The speech is also exploring challenges and opportunities which WSU Engineering Academic Team is currently facing and may have in the near future.

Prof Yang

Professor Richard (Chunhui) Yang

Lead DAP Engineering and Industrial Design and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Smart Structures, Western Sydney University, Australia

Prof Yang joined SCEM at WSU in January 2012 as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Smart Structures and he was promoted as Professor in 2018. Since 2015, he was appointed as the Lead Director of Academic Programs, Engineering and Industry Design, leading the SCEM Engineering and ID Academic Team and the curriculum review and renewal of Engineering and ID degree programs. In scientific publication, he has published more than 150 journal/conference papers and confidential reports for industrial partners in his main fields of research - Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Civil Engineering, etc., as well as in the research field of Engineering Education.

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