Covid-19 has torn at the fabric of our higher education institutions but were the threads of that fabric already wearing thin? 



In episode two of The New Social Contract we discuss the context of the crisis - what are the challenges and how did we get here? 



Is the pandemic likely to force a reckoning with online education and why does the closure of the country's borders have such a profound impact on Australian universities? 



This podcast is hosted by Associate Professor Tamson Pietsch and produced by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney. 



With thanks to episode two guests: 



Tim Dodd - Higher Education Editor, The Australian 



Dr Gwilym Croucher, Senior Lecturer in Higher Education Policy and Management at Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE), University of Melbourne. 



For show notes and transcripts visit: https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/impact-studios/projects/new-social-contract-podcast 



A news grab in this episode features the voice of: 



Mark Scott, Head of the New South Wales Education Department, on the ABC Education in the Age of Covid-19, Q+A. 

Covid-19 has torn at the fabric of our higher education institutions but were the threads of that fabric already wearing thin? 
 
In episode two of The New Social Contract we discuss the context of the crisis - what are the challenges and how did we get here? 
 
Is the pandemic likely to force a reckoning with online education and why does the closure of the country's borders have such a profound impact on Australian universities? 
 
This podcast is hosted by Associate Professor Tamson Pietsch and produced by <a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/impact-studios/about-us">Impact Studios</a> at the University of Technology Sydney. 
 
With thanks to episode two guests: 
 
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/Tim%20Dodd">Tim Dodd</a> - Higher Education Editor, The Australian 
 
Dr <a href="https://melbourne-cshe.unimelb.edu.au/about/our-staff/gwil-croucher">Gwilym Croucher</a>, Senior Lecturer in Higher Education Policy and Management at Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education (<a href="https://melbourne-cshe.unimelb.edu.au/">CSHE</a>), University of Melbourne. 
 
For show notes and transcripts visit: https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/impact-studios/projects/new-social-contract-podcast 
 
A news grab in this episode features the voice of: 
 
Mark Scott, Head of the New South Wales Education Department, on the ABC <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/qanda/2020-27-04/12165986">Education in the Age of Covid-19, Q+A</a>.

The New Social Contract seeks to contribute to a national conversation on how the relationship between universities, the state and the public might be reshaped as we live through the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us as we discuss the kind of higher education sector our society needs. 



Episode One is dropping Monday 4th of May 2020. 



This podcast is hosted by Associate Professor Tamson Pietsch and produced by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney. 



For show notes and transcripts visit: https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/impact-studios/projects/new-social-contract-podcast 



News grabs in the trailer feature the voices of: 



Linda Mottram,Journalist on PM , ABC ‘Fears Australian universities could collapse in wake of COVID-19’ 



Alison Barnes, National President of the NTEU on Sky News ‘Govt university package all 'smoke and mirrors' 



George Megalogenis, Author and Journalist on Radio National Big Ideas ‘The purpose and future of the university (part two)’ a broadcast version of an event presented by the ANU College of Law and the ANU Centre for Law, Arts & the Humanities, that was curated and facilitated by Natasha Cica of Kapacity.org at the National Library of Australia on 17 March 2020. Tamson was invited to participate in this talk as an expert in the history of universities, an area she’s been working on since 2004. 



Brian Schmidt, Vice Chancellor, ANU on PM, ABC ‘Fears Australian universities could collapse in wake of COVID-19’ 

The New Social Contract seeks to contribute to a national conversation on how the relationship between universities, the state and the public might be reshaped as we live through the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us as we discuss the kind of higher education sector our society needs. 
 
Episode One is dropping Monday 4th of May 2020. 
 
This podcast is hosted by Associate Professor Tamson Pietsch and produced by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney. 
 
For show notes and transcripts visit: https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/impact-studios/projects/new-social-contract-podcast 
 
News grabs in the trailer feature the voices of: 
 
<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/fears-australian-universities-could-collapse-in-wake-of-covid/12134658">Linda Mottram,Journalist on PM</a> , ABC ‘Fears Australian universities could collapse in wake of COVID-19’ 
 
<a href="https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6148931486001">Alison Barnes, National President of the NTEU on Sky News</a> ‘Govt university package all 'smoke and mirrors' 
 
<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/the-purpose-and-future-of-the-university.-part-two/12101262">George Megalogenis, Author and Journalist on Radio National Big Ideas</a> ‘The purpose and future of the university (part two)’ a broadcast version of an event presented by the <a href="https://law.anu.edu.au/event/60th-anniversary-celebrations/idea-university-crisis-or-adaptation">ANU College of Law and the ANU Centre for Law, Arts &amp; the Humanities</a>, that was curated and facilitated by Natasha Cica of Kapacity.org at the National Library of Australia on 17 March 2020. Tamson was invited to participate in this talk as an expert in the history of universities, an area she’s been working on since 2004. 
 
<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/fears-australian-universities-could-collapse-in-wake-of-covid/12134658">Brian Schmidt, Vice Chancellor, ANU on PM,</a> ABC ‘Fears Australian universities could collapse in wake of COVID-19’

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