The University of Melbourne presents The 2009 Tertiary Education Policy Seminars

The 2009 Tertiary Education Policy Seminars

The Bradley report is now well and truly out there in the public arena. The 2009 Budget decisions have been announced. But the changes to tertiary education in Australia are just beginning. The federal government says that it wants to lift total student participation, open up access to all institutions, improve quality, regulate standards more closely, and create a coherent single tertiary education system. But much remains to be worked out. The slow rate of planned funding increases means that resources for teaching and research will be a continuing constraint. There is a host of unanswered questions about the new Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency which has a central role in the Government’s vision for tertiary education but has yet to be created. The 2009 Melbourne Tertiary Education Policy Seminars will open up these issues to public scrutiny, debate and new ideas from speakers and participants.   

 

Date Time Topic

Tue 9 June

6.00-8.30pm

1. The 2009 Federal Budget: What it Means for Tertiary Education

Professor Jeff Borland, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne (slides)

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

Chair: Professor Paul Johnson, Vice-Chancellor, La Trobe University

You can view a video of this seminar here (93:50 min)

Thu 30 July

6.00-8.30pm

2. Participation and Equity: What are the cross-sectoral implications of the Bradley targets for expansion and equity?

Professor Richard Teese, Director, Centre for Post-Compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning, The University of Melbourne (slides)

Professor Peter Dawkins, Secretary, Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (slides)

Chair: Professor Elizabeth Harman, Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University

You can view a video of this seminar here

You can listen to the seminar and see screen captures of the slides here

Mon August 31

6.00-8.30pm

3. Quality, Standards and Regulation: The start of a new era

Professor Alan Robson AM, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Western Australia (slides)

Dr Hamish Coates, Principal Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) (slides)

Chair: Dr Stephen Weller, Pro Vice-Chancellor Students, Victoria University

You can view a video of this seminar here

You can listen to the seminar and see screen captures of the slides here

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

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