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Video Interview Series

Rethinking Higher Ed
with Martin Betts

Disrupt Before You’re Disrupted. How universities can move faster.

Higher education is facing a structural turning point. In this on-demand conversation, Professor Martin Betts explores why institutions must rethink legacy models, listen more closely to modern learners, and build the agility to respond to AI, lifelong learning, and rapidly changing expectations at scale.

Rethinking Higher Ed with Martin Betts

Interview Summary

Drawing on more than four decades in higher education, Betts makes the case for deliberate disruption: rethinking who universities serve, how learning is designed, and how institutions operate. He explores the student voice, AI-enabled learning, agile “University B” models, partnerships, and what execution now demands.

 

Join Daniel Kalef and Martin Betts as they discuss everything from the changing needs of modern learners to AI, lifelong learning, institutional agility, and what it takes for universities to transform at speed.

What the conversation will explore

  • Why legacy models are struggling to serve modern learners.
  • How AI exposes both learning and operational weaknesses.
  • Why lifelong learning demands greater institutional speed and agility.
  • How partnerships can help institutions turn disruption into action.

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Meet the experts

Professor Martin Betts has more than 40 years of experience in academic and senior leadership roles at universities in Australia and around the world. Today, he advises companies and universities globally, challenging higher education leaders to embrace meaningful change. He is the author of Changing Higher Education for Good, The New Leadership Agenda and The New Learning Economy, and co-author of the white paper Upgrading the school to work transition for social and economic impact.


Martin BettsFounder, HEDx
Martin Betts
Daniel Kalef is Executive Vice President, Growth at OES, where he leads U.S. marketing, sales, and partner relations. He brings extensive experience in higher education growth, online learning, student recruitment, and university partnerships, including building relationships with more than 65 colleges and universities before joining OES. Daniel is a regular contributor to conversations about the future of digital education, with a particular focus on changing student expectations, innovation, AI, learning design, and how institutions can build more responsive and scalable models for online learning.


Daniel Kalef (Moderator)Executive Vice President, Growth, OES Learning Solutions
Daniel Kalef
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