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Big challenges need real solutions
Big challenges need real solutions
Universities Australia’s Solutions Series brings together leaders from government, industry and the university sector to focus on the issues shaping Australia’s future — from productivity and skills to research, innovation and economic growth.
Each session cuts through the noise to focus on what needs to happen next, with practical, solutions-driven discussion designed to inform policy and drive action.
Universities Australia’s Solutions Series brings together leaders from government, industry and the university sector to focus on the issues shaping Australia’s future — from productivity and skills to research, innovation and economic growth.
Each session cuts through the noise to focus on what needs to happen next, with practical, solutions-driven discussion designed to inform policy and drive action.
Who should shape the future of Australia’s universities?
Who should shape the future of Australia’s universities?
The Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026 is now before Parliament — and with it comes a bigger debate about the future of Australia’s higher education system.
How much national coordination does the system need? Where should government’s role end and university autonomy begin? And what does the Opposition want the next phase of higher education reform to look like?
Join Universities Australia’s Solutions Series: In Conversation for an open and candid discussion between Shadow Minister for Education Julian Leeser MP and Universities Australia CEO Luke Sheehy.
With Parliament considering significant changes to the way universities are funded and governed, this conversation will go beyond the politics of the Bill to explore the principles that should underpin Australia’s higher education system for the decades ahead.
Expect a frank, forward-looking discussion on:
- The Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026 and what it means for universities
- Striking the right balance between national stewardship and university autonomy
- Ministerial powers, accountability and institutional independence
- The Opposition’s priorities for higher education reform
- Funding, participation and the future sustainability of the sector
- The role universities should play in Australia’s skills, research and productivity agenda.
No speeches. No presentations. Just an open conversation about some of the biggest questions facing Australian higher education — and what should happen next.
Join us for the next Solutions Series: In Conversation.
The Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026 is now before Parliament — and with it comes a bigger debate about the future of Australia’s higher education system.
How much national coordination does the system need? Where should government’s role end and university autonomy begin? And what does the Opposition want the next phase of higher education reform to look like?
Join Universities Australia’s Solutions Series: In Conversation for an open and candid discussion between Shadow Minister for Education Julian Leeser MP and Universities Australia CEO Luke Sheehy.
With Parliament considering significant changes to the way universities are funded and governed, this conversation will go beyond the politics of the Bill to explore the principles that should underpin Australia’s higher education system for the decades ahead.
Expect a frank, forward-looking discussion on:
- The Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026 and what it means for universities
- Striking the right balance between national stewardship and university autonomy
- Ministerial powers, accountability and institutional independence
- The Opposition’s priorities for higher education reform
- Funding, participation and the future sustainability of the sector
- The role universities should play in Australia’s skills, research and productivity agenda.
No speeches. No presentations. Just an open conversation about some of the biggest questions facing Australian higher education — and what should happen next.
Join us for the next Solutions Series: In Conversation.
