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COVID-19 has many negative implications for higher education and these will reverberate long after the pandemic has been contained. shutterstock

November 15, 2020

Post COVID-19: opportunity for universities to have a rethink

Tawana Kupe, University of Pretoria and Gerald Wangenge-Ouma, University of Pretoria

The higher education sector has to re-think what the future of higher education looks like and take steps towards this.

Conflict arising from government’s ownership of Telkom and its regulatory role contributed to failure to achieve digital transformation. Shutterstock

November 4, 2020

South Africa has failed to harness the digital revolution: how it can fix the problem

David Richard Walwyn, University of Pretoria and Laurens Cloete, University of Pretoria

South Africa has come short of its digital ambitions, but it can catch up by ensuring access to high speed broadband, and support for domestic digital firms and entrepreneurs.

Traditional media was left out in the cold years ago due to the advent of technology, meaning today’s news media crisis has been a long time in the making. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

August 5, 2020

6 potential solutions to ease the COVID-19 news media crisis

Patrick White, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

The news media crisis is constant but there are a few practical solutions available to help the news business get out of the hole.

It’s critical that learning and development teams are upskilled and reskilled themselves to help organizations successfully engage in a digital transformation. (Shutterstock)

January 2, 2020

Upskill the upskillers: The must-have New Year’s resolution for businesses

Nadia Naffi, Université Laval; Ann-Louise Davidson, Concordia University, and Houda Jawhar, Concordia University

For a winning digital transformation, every organization should establish the upskilling and reskilling of their learning and development teams as their critical 2020 New Year's resolution.

E-government involves using the internet to streamline interaction between government agencies and the public. SHUTTERSTOCK

December 9, 2019

The government is hyping digitalised services, but not addressing a history of e-government fails

Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra

The Minister for Government Services has announced a two-year roadmap to supposedly propel e-government. But the plans, part of a larger strategy, are considerably lacking substance.

McLaren’s Fernando Alonso in front at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2018. EPA

March 15, 2019

Formula One motor firms are becoming textbook cases in how to successfully branch into other sectors

Benoit F Leleux, International Institute for Management Development (IMD); Anouk Lavoie, International Institute for Management Development (IMD), and Tawfik Jelassi, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)

How the likes of McLaren and Dallara are teaching the business world how to pull off a digital transformation.

Giving a TED talk and/or tweeting are becoming expected parts of an up-and-coming digital professor’s job. (William Saito)

June 25, 2018

The professor of the future: Digital and critical

Markus Giesler, York University, Canada

Young professors are challenged to engage in public outreach using digital technologies, without becoming mouthpieces for corporate elites.

April 19, 2016

Politics podcast: Angus Taylor on cities and digital transformation

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

In his ministerial reshuffle earlier this year, Malcolm Turnbull made Angus Taylor, an up-and-coming Liberal MP, the assistant minister for cities and digital transformation.

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