LIVESTREAM for ACSES Policy Symposium 2026: The Evolving Student in Higher Education

You are invited to join the LIVESTREAM for this year's "ACSES Policy Symposium 2026: The Evolving Student in Higher Education" on 8-9 September 2026.

With insights from higher education leaders, sector experts, researchers, government representatives, and diverse student voices, this two-day event will explore how the profile, needs, and experiences of students are changing—across study modes, life stages, identities, and economic contexts—and what this means for policy, practice, and funding in Australian higher education.

The program will feature influential speakers from across the sector, including:

• The Hon. Jason Clare MP, Commonwealth Minister for Education (via video recording)

• David Coltman, ATEC Commissioner

• Professor Stephen Duckett, ATEC Commissioner

• Professor Verity Firth AM, Vice-President Societal Impact Equity and Engagement, UNSW

• Professor Bronwyn Fredericks, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Indigenous, UQ

• Paul Harris, CEO, 2050 Alliance

• Professor Kerri-Lee Krause, Chief Commissioner, TEQSA

• Julian Leeser, Shadow Minister for Education (via video recording)

• Damian Miller, Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity

• Professor Karen Nelson, Interim Deputy Vice-Chancellor Students and Education, WSU

• Luke Sheehy, CEO, Universities Australia

• Distinguished Professor George Williams AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, WSU

• and student speakers from diverse backgrounds.

You can access the ACSES Policy Symposium 2026 Program here.

Event details available via livestream:

Symposium Day 1 – Tuesday 8 September

Time: 8:00am–5:00pm (AEST)

Symposium Day 2 – Wednesday 9 September

Time: 8:00am–4:15pm (AEST)

We look forward to having you join us.