What does the COVID-19 crisis mean for universities now and over the next 6-12 months? 



There’s a lot that is uncertain. From job losses to student recruitment, future university business models and the role higher education will play in making a post-COVID society - the consequences of the pandemic are still emerging. 



The social settings of the post-COVID world will be different to those we have known. 

But the terms of those settings are not yet in place - that’s why there’s so much at stake. 



To help get a sense of where the cracks are emerging in Australian higher education and how different parts of the sector are responding, The New Social Contract podcast talks to: 



Dr Alison Barnes, President of the National Tertiary Education Union 



& 



Luke Sheehy, Executive Director of the Australian Technology Network (ATN), an umbrella body for technical universities including UTS, RMIT, University of South Australia and Curtin University. 



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



News grabs used in the montage at the start of the episode feature the voices of: 



Journalist Ellen Fanning, presenting The Drum on the ABC, aired on May 13 2020. 

Kylie Walker, CEO of Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, on the ABC 7.30 Report, titled ‘Fears for the viability of Australia's top universities without international students’. 



Victorian Minister for Higher Education Gayle Tierney on ABC Melbourne on May 20, 2020. 



An exchange between Labor Senator Murray Watt and Deputy Secretary for the Department of Education Robert Heferen at the Senate Select Committee for Covid 19 on May 19, 2020. 



An additional sound bite was kindly submitted to The New Social Contract podcast by Susan Goodwin, a Professor of Policy Studies from the University of Sydney, to discuss a UniKeeper policy document.

What does the COVID-19 crisis mean for universities now and over the next 6-12 months? 
 
There’s a lot that is uncertain. From job losses to student recruitment, future university business models and the role higher education will play in making a post-COVID society - the consequences of the pandemic are still emerging. 
 
The social settings of the post-COVID world will be different to those we have known. 
But the terms of those settings are not yet in place - that’s why there’s so much at stake. 
 
To help get a sense of where the cracks are emerging in Australian higher education and how different parts of the sector are responding, The New Social Contract podcast talks to: 
 
<a href="https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/alison-barnes">Dr Alison Barnes</a>, President of the National Tertiary Education Union 
 
&amp; 
 
<a href="https://www.atn.edu.au/news-and-events/latest-news/new-executive-director-for-atn/">Luke Sheehy</a>, Executive Director of the <a href="https://www.atn.edu.au/about-us/">Australian Technology Network</a> (ATN), an umbrella body for technical universities including UTS, RMIT, University of South Australia and Curtin University. 
 
For show notes and transcript visit: https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/impact-studios/projects/new-social-contract-podcast 
 
News grabs used in the montage at the start of the episode feature the voices of: 
 
Journalist Ellen Fanning, presenting <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-13/the-drum:-wednesday-13th-of-may/12245644?nw=0">The Drum on the ABC</a>, aired on May 13 2020. 
Kylie Walker, CEO of Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, on the ABC 7.30 Report, titled ‘<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/fears-for-the-viability-of-australias-top/12240498?nw=0">Fears for the viability of Australia's top universities without international students</a>’. 
 
Victorian Minister for Higher Education Gayle Tierney on<a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=249383389707978&amp;ref=watch_permalink"> ABC Melbourne</a> on May 20, 2020. 
 
An exchange between Labor Senator Murray Watt and Deputy Secretary for the Department of Education Robert Heferen at the <a href="https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/COVID-19">Senate Select Committee for Covid 19</a> on May 19, 2020. 
 
An additional sound bite was kindly submitted to The New Social Contract podcast by <a href="https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/susan-goodwin.html">Susan Goodwin</a>, a Professor of Policy Studies from the University of Sydney, to discuss a <a href="https://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/s/LQKwh3d7eIzN4F1">UniKeeper policy document.</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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