OUA is the national leader in online higher education, offering students the ability to choose from more than 1400 subjects and 190 degree programs across a variety of disciplines from 13 leading Australian universities. OUA enables access to quality education for everyone, from anywhere, regardless of previous study experience. This year OUA is celebrating 25 years of empowering more than 400,000 students to achieve their study goals and attain higher education qualifications.

Stuart was appointed CEO in January 2018, following a two-year stint as OUA’s Executive General Manager of Corporate Services. During his time at OUA, Stuart has played a pivotal role in the transformation of the business to becoming the largest digital marketplace for accessing higher education in Australia.

Stuart discusses OUA’s digital transformation (which has taken place over the last year) and how they are fast becoming an essential resource for Australian university students to compare, choose and enrol into online. With more than 1400 subjects and 190 degree programs from 13 leading universities to choose from, the OUA marketplace is making the difficult process of appraising options across a complicated landscape of universities as efficient and effective as possible. ‘It’s essentially on its way to being Australia’s Expedia of higher education’.