--- title: "Beyond the Offer Email: A New Model for Future Student Engagement | Get your recording" description: "Earlier this year, Bill Shorten, the former federal minister now leading the University of Canberra as its Vice-Chancellor, stood up at the National Press Club and put a genuinely new idea on the table\n\nA sovereign wealth fund for education, paid for by a levy on company profits, to take the rising cost of a degree off students.\n\nIt broke open a debate that had stalled for years, and it got the sector's attention." --- ![Vygo Logo - Black](https://discover.vygoapp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/Vygo%20Logo%20-%20Black.png?width=170&height=66&name=Vygo%20Logo%20-%20Black.png "Vygo Logo - Black") **Webinar** # Fixing the System: Higher Education Reform, Student Debt and What Comes Next ### Recorded on the 28th of July 2026 Earlier this year, Bill Shorten, the former federal minister now leading the University of Canberra as its Vice-Chancellor, stood up at the National Press Club and put a genuinely new idea on the table: *A sovereign wealth fund for education, paid for by a levy on company profits, to take the rising cost of a degree off students.* It broke open a debate that had stalled for years, and it got the sector's attention. ### Access the webinar here Hosts Ben Hallett - CEO & Founder, Vygo **Bill Shorten -** Hon. Bill Shorten, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canberra Book a Demo ![Icon 1](https://discover.vygoapp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Icon%201.png?width=70&height=70&name=Icon%201.png "Icon 1") ### 1000+ ### Students on the platform ![Icon 2](https://discover.vygoapp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Icon%202.png?width=70&height=70&name=Icon%202.png "Icon 2") ### 800% ### Increase in Student Engagement ![Icon 3](https://discover.vygoapp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Icon%203.png?width=70&height=70&name=Icon%203.png "Icon 3") ### 98.5% ### Improved confidence Vygo, 2026