Center for Higher Education Futures


Welcome to the Center for Higher Education Futures (CHEF)


The Centre for Higher Education Futures (CHEF) was established in 2023 in response to the changing higher education landscape post pandemic and the need for urgent reform of the sector world-wide.

The Center aims to stimulate conversations, new approaches and applied research on quality higher education leadership, management, learning, teaching and assessment practices which support academic integrity,  multiple modes of learning, greater engagement with industry, business and communities, and practices and policies which engage and create confident, capable and inclusive communities of life-long learners.

The Director of the Center is Dr. Ali Abusalem, Academic Member, ATINER & Course Coordinator, Kent Institute Australia & External Member of Academic Board, Elite Education Institute, Australia.

Deputy Director of the Center is Dr. Lorraine Bennett, Managing Director, Lorraine Bennett Learning and Teaching Consultancy, Australia.