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The University of Melbourne presents Investing in the Future: Renewing Australian Tertiary Education

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• The Series
  • What does Australia need from its tertiary institutions, now and in the future?
  • The Review of Australian Higher Education: A panel analysis and discussion
  • What should be the political economy of tertiary education in the next decade and beyond?
  • Performance standards and indicators: How do we improve tertiary education?
  • How can universities maximise their role in research and innovation?
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Investing in the Future : Renewing Australian Tertiary Education

2008 is a watershed year in the Australian knowledge economy as it gears up to meet heightened national expectations and the quickening pace of education and innovation around the world. World-class research universities have been established in less than a decade in China, Korea and Singapore; the European Union aims to become the world's leading region for innovation and the United States can be expected to respond in kind. A change of government has brought with it the opportunity for policy and institutional renewal in Australia and the Rudd government has established major inquiries into the higher education system (the Bradley review) and the national innovation system (the Cutler review). All of the policy issues are on the table including funding, tuition fees and student support; resources and incentives; infrastructure and personnel now and in the future; participation and equity; national coordination and the role of government; system structure and institutional missions; VET/higher education boundaries; and knowledge dissemination systems.

The University of Melbourne is holding a series of five public seminars to explore the fascinating and formidable issues before these two national reviews and to bring the public into the policy discussion. The seminars will be chaired by members of the higher education and innovation reviews, and will feature leading policy makers and academic experts whose task is to make the policy agenda transparent and draw the full diversity of perspectives and views from the seminar audiences. Attendance is free and active participation is encouraged. Series pdf brochure

 

 

Date	Time	Topic
Mon 30 June	6.00-8.30pm	1. What does Australia need from its tertiary institutions, now and in the future? pdf brochure Professor Glyn Davis AC, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne Professor Stephen Parker, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Canberra (paper) Chair: Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley AC, Chair, Higher Education Review
Mon 21 July	6.00-8.30pm	2. The Review of Australian Higher Education: A panel analysis and discussion pdf brochure Mr Mike Gallagher, Executive Director, Group of Eight (paper, slides) Professor Sandra Harding, Vice-Chancellor, James Cook University (slides) Professor Peter Coaldrake, Vice-Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology Mr Conor King, Institutional Strategist, Victoria University (paper, slides) Chair: Professor V. Lynn Meek, Director, LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management
Mon 28 July	6.00-8.30pm	3. What should be the political economy of tertiary education in the next decade and beyond? pdf brochure Professor Ross Milbourne, Vice-Chancellor, University of Technology, Sydney (slides) Mr Tom Bentley, Director of Applied Learning, Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) Professor Greg Craven, Vice-Chancellor, Australian Catholic University (ACU National) Chair: Professor Allan Fels AO, Dean, Australia and New Zealand School of Government
Mon 4 August	6.00pm - 8.30pm	4. Performance standards and indicators: How do we improve tertiary education? pdf brochure Professor Geoff Masters, CEO, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) (slides) Professor Richard James, Director, Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) (slides , paper) Chair: Mr Peter Noonan, Panel member, Higher Education Review & Director, Peter Noonan Consulting
Mon 11 August	6.00-8.30pm	5. How can universities maximise their role in research and innovation? pdf brochure *Listen to the seminar here* The Hon. Evan Thornley MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier Emeritus Professor Mary O'Kane, Executive Chairman, Mary O'Kane & Associates (slides) Chair: Professor Simon Marginson, Chair of Higher Education, CSHE

Coordinated by the Centre for the Study of Higher Education and the LH Martin Institute for Higher Education and Management

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