The innovative Australian university: the role of 3rd generation postgraduate research programmes

There is overwhelming consensus that the time is right to reimagine higher education especially in the postgraduate research domain. Yet, universities are very slow to change with many exhibiting a monolithic group-think, defensiveness and resistance to change. This limits their ability to re-define the mission of their institutions through the awards they offer thus missing out on opportunities to optimise their value in times that demand...