EP10: "Do we have a sufficient imagination?" - Sherman Young

Relearning Work

THE GUEST

Professor Sherman Young is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) and Vice-President at RMIT University, where he steers the entire student journey from enrolment to graduation for more than 91K students. A multimedia entrepreneur, turned scholar and now higher education change agent, Sherman has spent the past two decades in universities, exploring how technology reshapes culture. Sherman is a sought-after voice on AI’s impact on universities, for example, delivering keynotes at Adobe’s EduMAX conference and the ATN National Symposium on GenAI Graduate Skills and Employability, where he challenged educators to embed AI fluency into every program. Last year, when many institutions were debating whether to ban AI or not, RMIT instead embraced it. Sherman's guiding belief is clear: “AI will be an integral part of our future life and work—so we must teach students to use it critically and responsibly”. From re-imagining assessment to championing open, industry-linked learning models, Sherman Young is proving that higher education can be as agile and inventive as the technologies transforming it.

THE SHOW

Insights from Australia’s top education minds. Join David Yip to explore the new world of work and learning for the Agentic AI era.

THE LINKS

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Sherman Young

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherman-young-535073a/

RMIT University: https://www.rmit.edu.au/

Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre: https://spectrumvic.org.au/

My links

LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dyip-melb/

Alumly: ⁠https://www.alumly.co/