ABSTRACT
It is reported that the change in higher education will be driven by five general trends: democratisation of knowledge and access; contestability of markets and funding; digital technologies; global mobility; and integration with industry (Ernst and Young, 2012). Content and the didactic delivery of this content are no longer critical to learning and the shift is to how knowledge is accessed, evaluated, delivered and then engaged with. Universities will need
to adapt to this new reality and accept the changing face of the “student” and where they come from, how they learn and at what pace. Research undertaken by Ernst and Young (2012) indicates that the current dominant university model of broadbased content delivery in teaching programs and research, with a large base of administration support and assets, will become increasingly unviable in the next 10-15 years.
