ECU staff and Advance HE TMP participants at ECU's Joondalup campus.
More than 30 higher education leaders from across the world visited Edith Cowan University (ECU) to gain unique insight into what the future holds for Western Australia's tertiary education sector.
ECU's School of Business and Law (SBL) hosted the leaders for lunch as part of UK-based training provider Advance HE's Top Management Programme (TMP), which sees participants spending up to a week studying how universities in a specific country operate.
ECU Vice-Chancellor Professor Steve Chapman hosted the group later in the day and presented to the group the on the context of higher education in Australia.
Members of the ECU senior team also provided background to ECU's history and ambitious vision for the future.
"It was a pleasure to give TMP participants from across the UK, Italy, Malaysia and Australia insight into Australia's higher education system, along with sharing the university's overarching strategy and the development of the transformative new ECU City campus," Professor Chapman said.
SBL Executive Dean and TMP alumna Professor Maryam Omari described the program as a fantastic development opportunity, which gave her significant insight into the higher education sectors in the Netherlands and the UK.
"ECU and the School of Business and Law were delighted to assist with the Perth TMP program and host the group at the magnificent Joondalup campus," Professor Omari said.
Advance HE CEO Alison Johns said the TMP program has been running for nearly 20 years and helped prepare the next generation of higher education leaders with the thinking and practice necessary to respond to current and emerging international challenges.
"We are immensely grateful for Steve and his team at ECU who have generously given us so much of their time and valuable insights," Ms Johns said.
"What we have heard and experienced is something we will all take with us into our leadership practice."
