A Horizon-Scanning Report on the Changing Demographic and Pedagogical Profiles of Current and Emerging University Students and the Responses of the Global Higher Education to the Generational Challenges

This report critically examines how the demographic and socio-economic composition of the current and near-future post-compulsory student community intersect with technological, pedagogical, and governance challenges in higher education.

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Peter Bryant is a Professor of Business Education and Associate Dean (Education) at the University of Sydney Business School, Australia. He is an award-winning academic with international expertise in designing and delivering successful strategic educational change in both business and social sciences institutions in Australia and the UK. He has thirty years of teaching and research experience in both the UK and Australia at both vocational and higher education levels, in the areas of higher education strategy, educational innovation, online learning and creative industries management.

Commissioned by the N-TUTORR National Digital Leadership Network.

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Informed by the intersecting epistemic, policy, strategic and financial crises created by technology-led disruptions such as generative AI and organisational and marketisation complexity, the report will provide exemplars and experiential insights into the structures and approaches higher education institutions will need to enable to create and sustain alignment with the pedagogical, graduate employability and technological needs of the generations of potential undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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Bryant, P. (02/04/2025). A horizon-scanning report on the changing demographic and pedagogical profiles of current and emerging university students and the responses of the global higher education to the generational challenges. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/a-horizon-scanning-report-on-the-changing-demographic-and-pedagogical-profiles-of-current-and-emerging-university-students-and-the-responses-of-the-global-higher-education-to-the-generational-challeng/ License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC).

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