News

Upcoming meetings and events for ABDC members

February 11, 2025

ABDC submission: Draft International Education and Skills Strategic Framework

June 14, 2024

ABDC submission: Universities Accord Interim Report

September 1, 2023

ABDC submission: Decadal Plan for Social Science Research Infrastructure 2023-32

August 25, 2023

ABDC submission to Senate greenwashing inquiry

June 26, 2023

2022 ABDC Journal Quality List released

March 16, 2023

Indigenous Business Summer School Students Meet Tennis Legend

January 18, 2023

National Summer Schools Support Future Indigenous Business

January 15, 2023

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Tips for Improving Communications

How funding can follow impact

There’s a growing expectation that universities will create and share new and useful knowledge in return for public money invested in education and research. An…

How do you measure the success of your communications?

Communications are almost always works in progress – and so too is their evaluation. First up, it’s obviously important to know what you want to achieve…

How these academics improved their media engagement

Some academics have an instinct for creating newsworthy stories and building good media relationships. Others succeed after working hard at it…

Blogs or opinion pieces – what’s the difference?

Blogs are great ways to document your reflections, ideas and research progress, and to build collegial networks through a wide range of online media…

Contributing to policy making

Are academics contributing enough to wider public and policy conversations? If not, how do we do it better?…

Five tips for giving good interviews

Good media interviews, where you get your desired message across clearly and concisely, don’t just happen. Here’s what our experts advise….

Speaking academic and journalese

Academic writing is generally formal, complex and passive in style. Journalists write in a clear, concise and active style that doesn’t waste words….

Scattergun or exclusive?

You believe you’ve got a good story that may interest a wide audience, so do you go scattergun or exclusive?…

Nine ways to avoid ‘gotcha’ moments

Who hasn’t winced at those ‘gotcha’ moments in media interviews, particularly during this Election campaigns?…

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Podcasts

The 2022 online launch of the ABDC book

The 2022 online launch of the ABDC book, Tell Us: What are you doing? Improving how you communicate your academic research, relevane and expertise, featured a…

Videos

Teaching Leadership and Sustainability

Australian Business Deans Council Immediate Past President on teaching leadership and sustainability.

Business Schools and the Gig Economy

Melbourne Innovation Centre’s David Williamson on the implications of the gig economy for industry and academia.

Business Research and EIA

ABDC's Immediate Past President on business research and EIA.

Business Schools and the Digital Workforce

Weploy co-founder, Nick La, on a panel discussing the digital workforce with business school deans

The University of the Future

EY Report author, Catherine Friday, discusses the report’s predictions with business deans at the July ABDC Deans’ Meeting.

Speaking to Government

Australian Business Deans Council Immediate Past President on speaking to government.

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Research Stories

Great examples of impactful research by Australia’s Business Schools.

eBooks

Skilling Business Graduates for an Uncertain Future

We interviewed half the Business Deans in Australia to explore the major business school challenges in preparing graduates for what lies ahead.

Are Reports of the MBA’s Demise Premature?

They have been seen as passports to wealth and power; the gold standard that opens doors to new careers, promotions and higher pay. But the Master of Business Administration or MBA – the staple of the world’s business schools – is having to adapt to online learning, specialist degrees, changing societal expectations and radical shifts in how we work.

Communications