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Amit Chakma: rankings should guide us, not direct us

Place students first and foremost, and success will follow, says university vice-chancellor in Australia

September 1, 2020
University of Western Australia vice-chancellor Amit Chakma

?Amit Chakma, vice-vhancellor of the University of Western Australia highlights the need?for?universities to take advantage of?the?changes?that have occurred?in light of?the Covid-19 pandemic and?that,?he anticipates,?will help create a new world.

He emphasises the?opportunity?universities?have to?take advantage of creative minds that can strengthen?both present and future?approaches to problem solving.

Professor Chakma?believes that a?return to the fundamentals of research and teaching, particularly through a focus on the student experience, will lead to greater success in higher education.

This renewed commitment?to the student experience, Professor Chakma notes, will?also?strengthen?both local and global communities.

He is optimistic about?the students of today and how they will?approach the?challenges?of?tomorrow.?

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