The past 20 years have seen a seismic shift in universities. Changes in learning and teaching, research and engagement have reshaped the activities, buildings, spaces and public interface of campuses. More and more Australian universities are turning the campus model inside out, embracing the city and the wider society that they serve. The notion of an institutional compound exclusive to the academic community is being dismantled as universities focus on connecting with their neighbourhoods, attracting industry partners and welcoming in the public.
This transformation of tertiary pedagogy was well underway even before the COVID-19 pandemic made online learning the new norm. Over the past decade, “chalk and talk” lectures have gradually been replaced in favour of more collaborative learning models. These new practices have fostered “communities of learning” and, in turn, innovative, flexible, digitally enabled
