Better Student Leaders with Josh Farr
By Josh Farr (Founder, Campus Consultancy)
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Welcome to Better Student Leaders with Josh Farr. This podcast explores the fascinating world of student leadership with a focus on clubs, societies, colleges, mentoring and leadership programs.
I’m your host, Josh. I’ll bring you leaders from across the student leadership sector and show you how they are realizing the potential of connected and empowered student communities. Expect to hear challenges, creative solutions, innovative uses of AI and case-studies of what works to move the needle and get results with students.
Love the show? Connect via https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshdfarr
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#109 Will Towart: How a Student Leader Sold $27,000 of Ball Tickets in 12 Seconds
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May 24, 2026 |
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#108 Casey Geaghan: Inside Student Retention Data and "The Success Monitor" at Federation University
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May 20, 2026 |
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#107 Zeecee Moskow: RMIT Online’s Student Success Manager on Why Universities Must Rethink the Modern Student Experience
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May 10, 2026 |
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#106 Mark Trevaskis: CEO of the University of Newcastle Students' Association on Campus Collaboration, DGR Status and Funding the Future of Student Organisations
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May 03, 2026 |
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#105 Jessica Jayaswal: 1 Year Later - Multi-Award Winning 'Volunteer of the Year', 120 Hours of Volunteering + Paid Work Secured!
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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#104 Josh Farr Teaches Marketing 101: The ONLY 8 Ways To Market ANYTHING to ANYONE
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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#103 Michael Berkman: Greens MP on Power, Advocacy and Why Real Change Comes From Community
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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#102 Zoe Lewis: UOW Pulse Marketing Coordinator on the “B.E.S.T.” Marketing Strategy that Led to RECORD SETTING Follower Growth!
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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#101 Kashish Saini: Attending Josh's Workshop Led to 4x Leadership Roles in Months!
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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#100 Noah Yang: From KPMG to Raising $3.3m for Homelessness Support, Lessons in Leadership + Living with Purpose and Passion
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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#99 Donna Ballard: CEO of Taree Universities Campus on Regional Study, Local Jobs + Innovation Approaches to Student Support
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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#98 Claude Silver: VaynerX Chief Heart Officer on Why the Future of Leadership Is Human
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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#97 Mish Eastman: RMIT Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Vocational Education) and Vice-President - "It's not about study load, it's about work conditions"
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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#96 Megan Pozzi: Director (Student Life) UniSQ: Why Fun, Governance and “Failing Cheerfully” Are the Future of Higher Ed Leadership
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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#95 Yolanda Saiz: CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society NSW on Supporting 225,000 Lives and Leadership That Walks With People
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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#94 SENCON Best Newcomers: Kim, Jamie & Victoria on Scaling Student Experience for Success
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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#93 Saving Students $5m Annually: Gabriel Boyd on Power, Policy, and Student Voice at Scale
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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#92 Kelly Linden: “The Problem Really Is Us!" CSU Sub Dean Retention + ACSES Equity Fellow on What Universities Get Wrong About Retention and How to Fix It
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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#91 Oliver Oh: The Student Who Flew Across the Country to Create His Own Internship - “Don’t Take No as the Final Answer.”
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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#90 Ann Sherry AO - Chancellor of QUT: Why Curiosity, Flexibility and Context Are the Real Work of Leadership
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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#89 Thisath Senevirathne "Coming To Your Event... Best Decision of The Year" ~ Volunteering, Networking, and The Power of Decisions That Shape Your Life!
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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#88 Amelia Hands: 500+ Gen Z Students on Pathways, Pre-University Pressure and "They Think It's Over!"
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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#87 James Schlunke: Inside Australia’s #1 Graduate Programs and Why What You Do Outside Class Matters Most For Career Skills + Readiness
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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#86 Dale Leszczynski: Head of AI Education @ RMIT on Being Human in an AI World and 'Not Making Things Worse'
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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#85 Colm Gannon: From Counter-Terrorism to Child Protection; Purpose-Driven Leadership and Passionate Team Building
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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#84 Corey Tutt OAM: CEO of DeadlyScience, Young Australian of The Year Finalist and Proud Kamilaroi Man on Leadership, Life and Learning from Dirt Roads to F1 Cars
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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#83 Tayla Naicker: Former IG and Magazine Model asks, “Why do you want to be an influencer?” The Dark Side of Modelling and Online Fame + Hope Through Service For Young People As Future Leaders
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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#82 Davy Roe: Founder, UNSA Run Club: Why A Run Club Is One of the Most Powerful Student Communities on Campus
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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#81 Sahel Mohammed: Club of The Year President Shares What It ACTUALLY TAKES plus BIG Mistakes To Avoid Being A Leader at UTS
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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#80 Paris Mordecai: How Indigenous STEM Outreach Changes Lives, Identity, and Creates Pathways That Actually Work
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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#79 Jared Tippets: How the ASCEND Model Lifts Retention in 6 Steps
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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#78 AI CEO Ada Guan Shares 10 Years of Lessons: Why Curiosity Is Key For The Future Every Student and Leader Is Entering
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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#77 Australia in 2100: MP Leon Rebello on Housing, Hope and Why Young Australians Still Matter More Than Ever!
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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#76 From Invisible to In-Demand: Fabiola Campbell on The Social Capital Gap Facing Migrant Women, The D.A.R.E. Framework and Why Women MUST Reclaim Power in Australia
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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#75 Fed Uni Vice-Chancellor & President Duncan Bentley on Leadership, the Future of Regional Universities, and Responding After the Tragedy at Bondi Beach
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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#74 The CEO of Netflix said, “Get Out!” - Nitzan Pelman on Social Capital (Former Entrepreneur-In-Residence at LinkedIn and CEO of Climb Together) + Why 70% of Jobs Come From WHO You Know
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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#73 First-in-Family Inequity Exposed: What 440,000 Students Reveal About The 23% Point Gap To University Access with UQ Researchers Tomasz Zają̨c and Garth Stahl
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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#72 My Next Book! Draft 1, Chapter 1 - What do you think?
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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#71 Inside Griffith Uni’s Most Innovative Girls-in-STEM Program: SuperGEMS with Anita Brandt + 20 Years of Science Success and Student Leadership Activation
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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#70 From Shy High School Student to Award-Winning Founder: Emma Boyd on Confidence, Leadership and Creating StickyAid
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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#69 Neuroscientist Dr Jared Cooney Horvath, Author of “The Digital Delusion” Explains Why Schools MUST Limit Technology, Remove Phones and Challenge Thinking That Supports EdTech
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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#68 Chairman of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, Tim Hart on 4 Principles of Leadership (DEEP DIVE) + Lessons from Leading Multiple Billion Dollar Organisations
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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#67 How Swinburne Uni Built a Real-World Consulting Ecosystem for Students: Dr Chamindika Weerakoon and John Downes Secrets to Student Success and Scale
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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#66 Dr Bridie Mulholland: 2025 Queensland Woman in STEM First Nations Award Winner, Assistant Professor in First Nations Health + Former Student President on “Person First, Student Second”
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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#65 - (12 Months Later) How a 21 Year Old Led an 80 Person Team, Delivered $3.6m of Value and Engaged 5000+ Students!
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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#64 - Josh Proposes “No Phones Allowed” for 1 Hour Per Week on Campus in 2026 to Tackle Loneliness! [LIVE Q&A with Monash Students]
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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#63 - ActivateUTS Executive of the Year Emily Pich on How She Helped Her Club (UTS Women in Business) Win Club of the Year
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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#62 - The Club King: How James Wilson Built the Largest University Clubs Program in the Southern Hemisphere
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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#61 - How Can Uni Clubs Get Sponsors? 💰 Josh does Q&A with UNSW Club Leaders on Campus!
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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#60 - If You Don’t Know About It, You Can’t Stop It: RespectX CEO, Sally Calder on Safety, Data and Culture Change in Universities
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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#59 - Building Australia's first student-focused VC fund: How Club President Mana Vinothkumar is using Courage, Community and Cracked Ideas to Get Ahead!
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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#58 - Dr Hugh Gundlach on Avoiding Death by PowerPoint, Saving Lectures and How to Communicate and Connect When You Speak
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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#57 - Workshop Participant to World Cup Leader: The Akshad Shalah Story of Stepping Up, Showing Up and Following Up
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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#56 - Australia's Shopify King: How Tim Sullivan Transformed RMIT’s Online Experience + How Your Website Is Key To Your Student Success!
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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#55 - Does Leadership Training Work? Irina Wong and Josh Farr Reconnect 12 Months Later to Find Out!
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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#54 - Communication Masterclass with TEDx Hobart Director & TEDx Speaker Coach Theo Kapodistrias (Author of A Way with Words)
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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#53 - The Presidents of UNSW: Lessons in Leadership, Culture and Community from Five College Leaders
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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#52 - The Smith Family CEO Doug Taylor on Equity, Education, AI and how being a 'Reformer' is the secret to long-term impact and patient change!
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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#51 - Q&A with Josh: “Pull the future forward!” + a Step-by-Step guide to build your OWN niche podcast
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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#50 - Hacking College: Why Your Major Doesn’t Matter (and What Really Does) with Scott Carlson & Dr Ned Scott Laff
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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#49 - Readygrad CEO & Founder Owen Firth on Employability Lessons for Universities — Creating 20,000 Internships, Partnering with 6,000+ Companies and Redefining Career Readiness in Higher Education
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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#48 - Student Clubs Build Community: How Three Women Are Bringing a Club Back to Life at Griffith University
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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#47 – The Philosophy of Leadership: Harry Moffitt (Australian Special Forces Veteran) on how Ethics, Praxis and Mentorship are Keys to Growing Young Minds and Community Leaders
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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#46 - Paul Majumdar Grew His Club 9x, Won a University Council Seat and now Represents 60,000 Students: How 'Saying Yes' Is a Key to Success!
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#45 - From Club President to CEO: Jessica Brown on How Relationships, Connection, Courage and Getting ‘Stuck In’ Build Better Student Leaders
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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#44 - From 100,000 Conversations to One Powerful Book: My new book on Leadership is out now!
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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#43 - 2x Olympian and QLD Olympic Council President Paul ‘Gonzo’ Gonzalez on The 1% Rule: How a $2.2 Million Fundraiser, a $120 Million Opponent, and a Team-First Mindset Redefine Leadership
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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#42 - Leading through Fear into Courage: How First-Year Engineer Mariefinah Marcuelo is Reviving the Women in Engineering Podcast at the University of Auckland
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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#41 Vice-Chancellor George Williams on Building a Personal Brand: How Higher Education Must Build Trust and Shape the Future of Democracy
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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#40 - Empathy Safaris, AI and the Future of Student Life: How RMIT's Associate Director of Student Life Tim Burdeu uses Curiosity to Rethink the World of Work
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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#39 UNE's Vice-Chancellor and CEO, Chris Moran: Future-Proofing Universities through Courage, Community and Kindness
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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#38 Ambition Loves Company: Branding Masterclass with Bond University’s Director of Marketing and Brand, Shannon Tricklebank
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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#37 How Hannah Arndt Climbed Australia's Tallest Building After Attending Our Growth Mindset Workshop - *Special Student Episode*
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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#36 International Award-Winning Mentoring Program Coordinator Shivani Tholasi on the Tips, Tricks and Secrets to Make YOUR Mentoring Program Succeed
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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#35 Scaling to 160,000 young people with CEO of The Youth Impact Foundation, Andy Skidmore: The power of relationships, humans and 'leading with'
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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#34 Why Great Student Leaders Quit - Whitepaper based on 150+ years of experience in residential accommodation
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#33 Inside the Student Experience Network: CEO, Paul Clayton on Service and Leadership
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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#032 Opportunity + Confidence = Momentum: Building Leaders at UoW Pulse with Jaimee Evans and DJ
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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#031 Passion + Humility: Stef Maccar’s Formula for Leadership Growth
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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#030 How to set goals (featuring a Dose of Pharma)
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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#029 Mastering Your Energy (an excerpt from our monthly coaching program)
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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#028 How to get experience with no experience
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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#027 Mental Resilience for Leaders
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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#026 Supporting & Engaging Students
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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#025 How leaders use LinkedIn to stand out and find work
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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#024 Graduate Employment Tips from 7 Career Experts
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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#023 How did Campus Consultancy begin? Origin stories and top tips for budding entrepreneurs.
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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#022 How To Get A Casual Job In Melbourne
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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#021 Ft. Dr. Jo Newton: Former Club Leader, AFR Top 100 Women of Influence, Chair of Youth Voices Leadership Team & Enactus Alumni
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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#020 Ft. Guy Kawasaki: New York Times Best-Selling Author, Chief Evangelist of Canva, TEDx Speaker & Serial Silicon-Valley Entrepreneur
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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#019 Ft. Jim Whalley: South Australia’s Chief Entrepreneur, Former Co-Founder & CEO of Nova Systems (550+ Employees) on Celebrating Entrepreneurship
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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#018 Nigeria (Next Step Forum): 7-Principles of Entrepreneurship That I Learned Building Campus Consultancy (Whatsapp Chat)
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Feb 10, 2019 |
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#017 Ft. Mariam Mohammed: Founder of MoneyGirl & President of SUPRA ’18. #LetsTalkAboutMoney
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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#016 Ft. Mads Grummet: CEO of GirledWorld & STEM Advocate For Women
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Feb 03, 2019 |
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#015 Ft. Tony Nash: Building a $113m Business (FY18) & Leading With Empowerment
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Jan 26, 2019 |
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#014 Ft. Jacob Masina: Board Director at the University of Sydney Union & Former Club President
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Dec 16, 2018 |
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#012 Ft. Zack Bryers, Young Australian of the Year ACT 2018, Gridiron World Cup Athlete & Founder
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Dec 06, 2018 |
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#011 Ft. Michael Hester, $300k+ Annual Expenditure as President of Melbourne Arts Students Society
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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#010 Ft. Mathew D’Onofrio Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2018, Entrepreneur & CEO of Nightlife First Aid
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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#009 Ft. Pheobe Ho – TEDxUWA Speaker, Mental Health ‘Lived Experience’ Educator & UWA Honors Student
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Nov 28, 2018 |
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#008 Ft. Joshua Gore, Raising $20k for Room to Read, UniSA Club President & Young Leader
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Nov 24, 2018 |
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#007 Ft. Ho Jun Tang #1 Club at UNSW in 2018, President of UNSW Accounting Society
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Nov 22, 2018 |
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#006 Ft. Brody Hannan, $110k raised in scholarships for rural students & climbing Mt Everest!
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Nov 18, 2018 |
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#005 Ft. Thenu Herath, College President, World Vision Australia Youth Ambassador & Educator
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Nov 13, 2018 |
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#004 Ft. James Martin, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Insider Guides (International Education)
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Nov 10, 2018 |
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#003 Ft. Bridie Duggan, 2017 Young Australian of The Year (NT) raising $27,000 for mental health
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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#002 Ft. Felicity Furey, AFR Top 100 Women of Influence, 2xCo-Founder, Engineer, TEDx Speaker + more
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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#001 How To Get Sponsorship, Find Partnerships & Build Stakeholder Relationships with guests MUEEC
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Oct 26, 2018 |