The University of Melbourne presents Education, Science and the Future of Australia: A Public Seminar Series on Policy

Are our education and research institutions ready for the challenge of building a knowledge economy and society in the Asia-Pacific region? Do we have the right mix of government policies in place? What are the crucial issues and what does the research evidence tell us? Are we trapped in reactive short term decisions or can we take the long view?

In a crucial year for Australia and public policy the University of Melbourne is holding five free public seminars on the key issues before the nation in education, research and science. The seminars will be addressed by leading national and international thinkers and policy makers, and will encourage a lively discussion between speakers and audience. They will also feed into the larger discussion taking place around Australia in this federal election year.

The seminars will cover national policy and global strategy, the future of tertiary education, challenges for early learning and schooling, research and knowledge transfer, and problems of long term capacity building in a politicised environment. The series will be launched by Professor Shih Choon Fong, President of the National University of Singapore, one of the leading universities in Asia-Pacific and the world, and Terry Moran who as Secretary to the Department of Premier and Cabinet is Victoria's principal policy adviser.

These University of Melbourne public seminars are expected to attract considerable interest, space is limited and pre-registration is advised.

A recording of the final seminar, What Can Governments Achieve? Imagining and Implementing Policy with Maxine McKew and John Roskam can be accessed here:

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Date Time Topic

Mon 25 June

6.00-8.30pm

1. National policy and global strategy (pdf brochure)

Professor Shih Choon Fong, President, National University of Singapore (paper)

Mr Terry Moran AO,Secretary to the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria (paper)

Chair: Ms Rosa Storelli, Deputy Chancellor, University of Melbourne and Principal, Methodist Ladies’ College

Mon 9 July

6.00-8.30pm

2. Advancing tertiary education (pdf brochure)

Professor Simon Marginson, Professor of Higher Education, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne (slides) (paper)

Mr Michael Gallagher, Executive Director, Group of Eight (paper)

Chair: Professor Kwong Lee Dow, Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne

Mon 23 July

6.00-8.30pm

3. Challenges for early learning and schooling (pdf brochure)

Professor Barry McGaw AO, Former OECD Director and currently Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute, The University of Melbourne (slides+text)

Professor Collette Tayler, School of Early Childhood, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology and member of the Board of Directors of Save the Children Australia (slides+text)

Chair: Professor Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne

Mon 6 August

6.00-8.30pm

4. Research, innovation and knowledge transfer

Professor Ian Chubb AC, Vice-Chancellor and President, Australian National University (slides, paper)

Professor Margaret Gardner AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, RMIT (slides, paper)

Chair: Laureate Professor Peter Doherty AC, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Mon 27 August

6.00-8.30pm

5. What can governments achieve? Imagining and implementing policy

 

Ms Maxine McKew, former journalist and Australian Labor parliamentary candidate (paper) (listen to lecture)

Mr John Roskam, Executive Director, 
Institute of Public Affairs (slides) (listen to lecture)

Chair: Mr Andrew Jaspan, Editor in Chief, The Age

 

 


Series brochure download (pdf 130KB)

 

 

 

 

For further information please contact:
Leanne Howard
Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE)
Email: l.howard@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: (03) 8344 6306

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