
Maria Ishkova
Education-focused Lecturer in Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School, award-winning educator, PhD, and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
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Aug 5, 2026
HEDx Student Experience - EP7
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15:42Belinda BrearHOST
My first question for you is what changes when students are equal participants, not just observers?

Maria IshkovaGUEST
And most importantly, well, first of all, it changes everything for students.

Maria IshkovaGUEST
And they start studying or... learning and or growing with meaning with agency and this is where in my view in my observations and all this experience that I have as an educator this is where the transformation happens and also quite important they start having much more fun and it brings fun back to the classroom and where it also matters that educators start having much more fun, and that brings joy back to the profession.
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17:18Belinda BrearHOST
And my second question is, over the last two days, what's your biggest insight from the conference sessions? Yeah.