James Kenny, an engineer with a background in mechatronic engineering, discusses his career journey and his decision to join a bootcamp. He shares his interest in data analytics and machine learning and his desire to pivot into a more technical role. The conversation experiences technical difficulties and interruptions throughout. In this conversat…

Today my guest is Phil Hill, an ed tech consultant and Lead at Phill Hill and Associates. Today he joins us to talk about the last twenty years and how they have shaped the sector. The conversation ranges pretty widely across a number of topics here, one of the most interesting has to do with the historic role of MOOCs. Alex and Phil agree that the…

Today's guest is Professor N. V. Varghese, the Vice Chancellor of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration in New Delhi. He's the co-editor of a recent book entitled India Higher Education Report 2021, Private Higher Education and he's with us today to discuss his book. Two points really stand out. The first is the truly di…

Jérôme Bau, co-founder of the newly launched Cuinti, shares his journey of building companies around AI and the challenges he faced. Jérôme started with Creatext back in 2020, a company focused on helping sales development representatives write better sales emails using AI. However, the timing was not right, and they eventually sold the company. No…

Today's guest is Dr. Mykola Trofymenko, the President of Mariupol State University. He agreed to join the show to talk about the events of early 2022, how he steered the institution through the siege and after it, and how the institution, now known as “the Invincible University” came to gain a new home in Kyiv. It’s a harrowing story, but also an i…

This week we welcome back our very first podcast guest, Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy at Australian National University, to follow up on the Australian Universities Accord. Andrew has been at the forefront of higher education policy debates in Australia for over two decades, and is the author of several edition…

The conversation explores the potential of AI assistants and the impact on communication and automation. It begins with some lighthearted dad jokes before delving into the evolution of communication from analog to digital. The role of email as a repository and the lost art of letter writing are discussed. The conversation then shifts to the limitat…

With us today is Maria Yudkevich, a professor of Higher Education at the University of Haifa in Israel. She is the co-author, with Yaroslav Kuzminov of the excellent book Higher Education in Russia, published in 2022 by Johns Hopkins Press. She’s an expert guide to both the elements of change and continuity that have gone along with a century of co…

With us this week is David Kernohan, Deputy Editor of the website WonkHE. which is as close to a sister organization to Higher Education Strategy Associates as exists anywhere on the globe, David, more than anyone, has been tracking the development of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement since it was a wee nugget of a policy notion. He tells us about …

Zoe Faircloth, founder of Crypto Girls Club, discusses the evolution of Web3 and future tech trends, including decentralized social media and the rise of AI. She emphasizes the importance of diversity and inclusion in the tech industry and the need for actionable measures to address the gender imbalance. Zoe also shares her experience launching CGC…

With us today is Courtney Brown, Vice President of Impact and Planning at Lumina Foundation and the person most responsible for making sure the foundation hits its goals and develops new and even more meaningful ones. The conversation covers how Lumina went about its goal setting process, what tactics it's used to build a wide network of alliances …

This episode covers various topics related to technology and its impact on different industries. It starts with an introduction to Codesphere, a platform that simplifies software development. The discussion then moves on to the advancements in AI, including the use of GitHub Copilot and the updates in Chat GPT. The potential of quantum computing an…

Today's guest is Angela Yung-Chi Hou. She is currently a Professor of National Chengchi University in Taipei and for nearly two decades has been the foremost English-language scholar of Taiwanese higher education. Bu her career has not been restricted to Academia; for much of the past few years she was also head of the Higher Education Evaluation a…

In this episode we dive into the inspiring story of Erin Berardi. With a remarkable track record of serving as a Teaching Assistant for 15 bootcamps at Ironhack NL, Erin shares the journey that led her from enrolling in Ironhack to becoming an influential mentor and educator in the field. Discover what sparked Erin's initial interest in data analyt…

Our guest this week is Alex Usher, President and CEO of Higher Education Strategy Associates. Alex joins co-producer Tiffany MacLennan to talk about the Canadian Higher Education sector, higher education consulting, and his thoughts on the future of higher education.By Higher Education Strategy Associates

Today's guest is Andrée Sursock, a higher education consultant and Senior Advisor to the European Universities Association. She's here to take us on a guided tour of the French system and its history and also to describe the rapid pace of reforms that have taken place over the last two decades, in particular through the presidencies of Nicolas Sark…

Today's guest is Dr. Morshidi Sirat. He’s one of Malaysia’s most experienced higher education observers and policy-makers. Over the last two decades he;s been a Dean, a Vice-Chancellor, Advisor to the Minister of Higher Education, Director General of Higher Education for Malaysia and the Founding Director of Malaysia’s Commonwealth Tertiary Educati…

With us today is Roger Smyth. He’s a consultant based in Christchurch New Zealand and a former senior official in New Zealand’s Ministry of Education, and he’s had a privileged perch to observe changes in the country’s student assistance policies over the past two decades. Roger is skeptical about the value of the new program. But what was fascinat…

Join us for a chat with a Google pro who didn't stop at just landing a job at the tech giant, but went a step further by taking Ironhack's Data Analytics course to boost his career game. Find out why Ignacio chose to hit the books again while navigating the Google universe, the cool skills they picked up, and how it's spicing up their day-to-day wo…

Today my guest is Brian Rosenberg, a former president of Macalester University of Minnesota and currently a president in residence — that's really a thing — at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education. He's just written a book about academic politics with the wonderful title, “Whatever It Is, I'm Against It”: Resistance to Change in Higher…

With us today is Marcelo Rabossi, a professor of higher education policy and management at Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires. Over the course of this conversation, he guides us through the ins and outs of the country's public and private university systems, provides insight into previous attempts to introduce tuition fees in the system,…

We dive into the world of digital strategy and recruitment innovation with Christophe Cadic, the Chief Digital Officer at IKEA France. Cadic shares his insights and experiences in driving digital transformation at one of the world's leading home furnishing brands. Cadic also discusses his unique techniques in talent acquisition and team building, e…

Today's guest is Philip Altbach. Phil is Professor Emeritus at Boston College, the former Founding Director of that university's internationally-renowned Centre for International Higher Education, and author of countless books and articles on HE. The new book "Academic Star Wars: Excellence Initiatives in Global Perspective", which consists of a se…

Josh Doody is the author of "Fearless Salary Negotiation." and in this episode he shares his invaluable insights on salary negotiation in the tech industry, offering expert advice on how to secure the compensation you deserve. Tune in to learn about effective interview techniques and the essential habits to keep in mind when navigating your career …

Joining us today is Robert Kelchen, professor and head of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and author of the genuinely excellent book Higher Education Accountability from Johns Hopkins Press. In his pre-administration life when he was at Seton Hall University, Robert kept up a ver…

This week, we welcome Professor Isak Froumin onto the podcast. Froumin is Head of the Observatory of Higher Education Innovations at Jacobs University, in Bremen Germany and the co-editor of two key books on what has happened to universities across the 15 ex-republics. The first, 25 Years of Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Post-Sovie…

This week we delve into the heart of our newest venture: the launch of Ironhack Puerto Rico. Yaneisha Pérez Padilla, the General Manager of Ironhack Puerto Rico, joins us to share some insights into the journey of setting up the campus, the unique opportunities it presents, and the impact it aims to have on tech education in the region. From the ch…

With us today is Tamson Pietsch, author of a new book on the Floating University from the University of Chicago Press. Her book covers a number of facets of this story: the extraordinary journey itself to over 40 ports around the world, the students’ curriculum and on-shore activities (which included meeting an extraordinary number of world leaders…

This week's episode features Paula Clasing Manquian, a postdoctoral researcher in education from Chile’s Nucleo Milenio de Educacion Superior. The discussion takes a look back at the past dozen years and how the politics of higher education in Chile have changed, including the rise of individuals such as Gabriel Boric, Camila Vallejo and Giorgio Ja…

Today's guest is Marion Lloyd, a higher education researcher at UNAM, and she’s here today to give a tour of UNAM’s electoral system, the behind-the-scenes power politics that accompanies this process and handicaps the current race which is coming to a head in the next week or so.By Higher Education Strategy Associates

Join us in this special episode, where we feature the incredible journey of 12-year-old Shivansh Saxena, a coding prodigy and CTO. Shivansh, who began coding at 8, shares his remarkable path in the tech world, offering unique insights and advice for self-learners and young aspirants. Dive into Shivansh’s world as he discusses overcoming challenges,…

Today's guest is Raffaele Trapasso, a Senior Economist at the OECD who heads the that organizations Platform for the Entrepreneurship Education Collaboration and Engagement Network or EECOLE. This episode ranges over a number of issues including the role that the UN Sustainable Development Goals in focussing collaborations, how best to formalize ti…

🎉🎙️ Celebrate with us as we mark our 100th episode! Dive into the heart of our podcast as we curate the most memorable moments, riveting conversations, and invaluable advice from our amazing guests. Whether you're a loyal listener from day one or just tuning in, this special episode offers a nostalgic trip down memory lane, capturing the essence of…

Today's guest is Dr. Ernest Aryeetey. He has not only led one of Africa’s premier universities — the University of Ghana — but is also currently the Secretary-General of the African Research Universities Alliance, or ARUA. Previous episodes mentioned: 2.4: Higher Education in India 1.5: Corruption in South African Higher Education…

In this episode we dive into the world of data analytics with Aleksander Boski, the lead instructor in Berlin. Aleksander gives us an intimate look at the transformational power of data. Aspiring analysts and data enthusiasts, this is your chance to get a firsthand insight into what Ironhack's bootcamp has to offer. Understand the course structure,…

Today our guest is Professor Marcelo Knobel. He is a highly respected Physicist and Science Educator. He also holds the rare distinction of having been a rector both at one of Brazil’s top public universities, Universidade Estadual de Campinas or UNICAMP and also at a rising private university, the Insper Institute of Education and Research in Sao …

Today's guest is Dr. Pushkar — just one name — the Director and Chief Executive of the International Centre Goa, and a frequent commentator on higher education in India. Dr. Pushkar and Alex cover how the Modi government is attempting to raise standards through the creation of a National Research Foundation, a system of “Institutions of Eminence” a…

Join us for a look back at the last 10 years of Ironhack with Nizar Khalife, one of our first ever Web Development Instructors. During his time at Ironhack Nizar has also been part of our Education Team and is now with our Engineer Department. In this episode he shares some first hand insights on everything that has changed in Ironhack over the las…

Today’s guest is Daniel A. Bell, a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. Originally from Montreal, he became a specialist in this study of Confucius from the angle of political theory, worked his way into a position at the famed Tsinghua university in Beijing before being named Dean of the School of Political Science and P…

Joining us this week is Romania’s Minister of Education, Ligia Deca. Ministers in Romania are not generally speaking elected politicians — the country works on a model similar to that in France — and over the past two decades, an astoundingly high proportion of Education Ministers in Romania are university Presidents or Senate Chairs on temporary l…

In the competitive landscape of tech hiring, what does it take to stand out as a newcomer in the field? Andrew Waters, joins us to share what hiring managers are looking for in candidates. We delve deep into the core traits and values that hiring managers prioritize when scouting for the next generation of developers. Navigating from the early stag…

We're back! Welcome back to the World of Higher Education, Season 2. In this episode, Alex Usher is joined by one of his favourite authors, Jeff Selingo, author of Who Gets in and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions. If you’re not American, listen hard to this podcast. Drink in all the weird details about the admissions process, and the amount of…

Max returns to our podcast, not as the budding UX/UI enthusiast we once knew, but as the lead instructor at our Berlin campus. In this episode we traverse Max's transformative journey, explore the intricacies of the UX/UI course, and delve into the rising tide of AI tools shaping the future of design. Whether you're a student, a mentor, or simply c…

In this episode, we sit down with Jesus Ramos, the Studen Success Manager at Ironhack's Berlin campus. Jesus shares insights into his day-to-day role, the evolving landscape of tech education, and the strategies Ironhack employs to ensure every student thrives on their journey into tech. From understanding the challenges students face to envisionin…

Jonny is the founder of Orbital Lab and the lead Web Development instructor for the part-time course at our Berlin campus. He joins us today to discuss his transition into teaching, what students can anticipate from the part-time course, and how the curriculum has evolved over recent years. We also explore the burgeoning fields of machine learning,…

Roy is a Senior Product Designer from &why. In this episode, we're diving into his journey in UX/UI and how he's been navigating the tech scene. Plus, we'll break down what UX really means and how it's not the same old Product Design you're used to. Confused about the difference? Don't worry, we've got you covered! So, grab a cup of your favorite b…

With two decades of experience as a software engineering, and now team leadership at Trivago, Tom joins us today to unpack the often elusive concepts of 'seniority' and 'experience'. In this episode, we dive into what 'experience' truly represents, and the best strategies for juniors to acquire it as they launch their tech careers. Tom shares insig…

On the season finale of the World of Higher Education Podcast, we’re joined by Zach Bleemer, currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at YaleBy Higher Education Strategy Associates

Anaïs Engler, an alumnus from Ironhack's Paris campus, completed her Web Development program in 2021. She joins us today to share her unique journey, transitioning from a career in journalism to becoming a software engineer. Anaïs shares the challenges she confronted during her transition and offers invaluable advice for those contemplating a simil…

Joining us on today’s episode of the World of Higher Education Podcast is Annalisa Pavan from University of Padova Italy. She's been studying Saudi higher education for many years. In particular, the way the country's most prestigious scholarship program, the scholarship of the custodian of the Two Holy Mosques functions. This episode discusses how…