2007 CSHE Research Seminars
Issues & Ideas in Higher Education
- 10 December 2007 Participation, Belonging, Identity: The Role of the Department in the Socialisation of PhD Students. Dr Kelly Farrell (CSHE) slides, paper [4.30-6.00pm]
- 26 November 2007 The Pastoral Care of International Students in New Zealand: Looks better than Australia - but is it really working? Dr Erlenawati Sawir (CSHE)
- 12 November 2007 Learned Ladies: Early Female Students at the University of Melbourne. Dr Carole Hooper (CSHE) [4.30-6.00pm]
- 29 October 2007 Exploring the Teaching-Research Nexus: A Preliminary Report on a National Investigation. Sophie Arkoudis & Claire Jennings (CSHE) slides, paper [4.30-6.00pm]
- 15 October 2007 The 2007 Edition of Education at a Glance: Where does Australia sit in the OECD Comparison? Simon Marginson (CSHE) slides - OECD summary, slides - comparative education, paper [4.30-6.00pm]
- 1 October 2007 Global Forces and Sustainable Development: Challenges for Higher Education in Malaysia. Sarjit Kaur (Universiti Sains Malaysia) slides, paper [4.30-6.00pm]
- 17 Sep 2007 Australia's Learning and Teaching Performance Fund: the indicators and their potential to influence teaching practice. Kerri-Lee Harris (CSHE) slides, paper [4.30-6.00pm]
- 3 Sep 2007 Family matters: with special reference to the Masson family at the University of Melbourne in particular. Emeritus Professor Richard Selleck, Honorary Professorial Fellow, CSHE [4.30-6pm]
- 20 Aug 2007 Producing Higher Education in Public: A panel of working journalists talks about covering universities, and what constitutes 'news' and 'public interest' in the sector. Catherine Armitage (The Australian), David Rood & Adam Morton (The Age), Luke Slattery (The Australian Financial Review) Julie Hare (Campus Review) [4.30-6.00pm]
SPECIAL SERIES: Jun-Aug 2007 Education, Science and Innovation in Australia: a national public policy seminar series. A University of Melbourne series of five public seminars on the key issues before the nation in education, research and science.
- 28 May 2007 Are neo-liberal reforms friendly to academic freedom and creativity? Theoretical and practical reflections on the constituents of academic self-determination in research universities Simon Marginson (CSHE) paper [4.30-6.00pm]
- 14 May 2007 The AVCC survey on student finances: what the data tell us Emmaline Bexley, Richard James, Marcia Devlin & Simon Marginson (CSHE) slides [4.30-6.00pm]
- 30 April 2007 Should there be uniform English entry standards in higher education? Sophie Arkoudis (CSHE) & Kieran O'Loughlin (Faculty of Education) slides [4.30-6.00pm]
Occasional Research & Policy Seminars
- 6 December 2007 Can Japanese Universities Become Global Leaders in an era of the Knowledge-based Economy? Kazuhiro Kudo, Dokkyo University, Japan, and Hiroko Hashimoto, Monash University. (slides)
- 29 November 2007 Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: Challenges and Future Prospects. Dr Abdullah Mubaraki, Imam University, Riyadh (slides)
- 6 August 2007. The university in the modern world: ten lessons of civic and community engagement. Professor David Watson, Professor of Higher Education Management, Institute of Education, University of London (slides).
- 9 July 2007 Current policies and likely future developments in UK higher education. Professor Roger Brown, Vice-Chancellor, Southampton Solent University, UK.
- 5 June 2007 Higher Education and the 2007 Federal Election: Global Markets and Local Policy. A Centre for Public Policy / Centre for the Study of Higher Education Symposium. Featuring David Kirp (University of California, Berkeley) and research and policy scholars from four Australian universities. 8:30am - 5.30 pm. Public Policy Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, 234 Queensberry Street, Carlton.
- 30 Mar 2007 Higher education in Malaysia since 1996: Improving policies through collaborative research Professor Dr Morshidi Sirat, Director, National Higher Education Research Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
- 15 Feb 2007 Europeanisation in higher education as a response to globalisation Professor Dr Marijk C. van der Wende, University of Twente/Free University of Amsterdam, President, OECD program on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE)