The 2009 Federal Budget: What it Means for Tertiary Education
* You can view a video of this seminar here (93:50 min)
The 2009 Federal Budget: What it Means for Tertiary Education is the first seminar in the 2009 Tertiary Education Policy Seminars series presented by the Centre for the Study of Higher Education and the LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management.
The 2009 federal budget saw watershed decisions on the funding of teaching and research, growth in student numbers, social equity in education and the regulation of quality and standards. What does this mean for universities and VET, for students, for employers, for the country? How does Australian tertiary education as reshaped by the government in May 2009 look when stacked up against comparable systems overseas? Were the budget decisions the right decisions? What unfinished business remains to be addressed?
Professor Jeff Borland, from the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne, is one of Australia’s foremost intellectuals in the area of economics. Recently, Borland was named as the next Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University, USA, a position he will take up in 2010. (slides)
Professor Simon Marginson is a Chair of Higher Education at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and a leading analyst on policy for tertiary education. He is currently working mostly on the global higher education environment, international education and national system organisation. (slides)
The session will be Chaired by Professor Paul Johnson, Vice-Chancellor, La Trobe University.
Light refreshments will be available in the foyer from 6.00pm – 6.30pm, followed by presentations from the speakers, and a period of discussion and audience participation.
Date & time:
Tuesday 9 June 2009, 6.00pm-8.30pm
Registration and further information:
The seminars are expected to attract considerable interest and pre-registration is essential. For information about the seminar series and speakers, visit the series website
Inquiries:
Michelle Segal
Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE)
mjsegal@unimelb.edu.au
(03) 8344 4604
Location:
The Woodward Conference Centre
Melbourne Law School, Level 10
185 Pelham Street,
Carlton, 3053
Map Reference: Building 106, R15
Coordinated by the Centre for the Study of Higher Education and the LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management