Participation and Equity: What are the cross-sectoral implications of the Bradley targets for expansion and equity?
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‘Participation and Equity: What are the cross-sectoral implications of the Bradley targets for expansion and equity?’ is the second seminar in the 2009 Tertiary Education Policy Seminar series presented by the Centre for the Study of Higher Education and the LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management.
The Federal Government has endorsed the Bradley review’s recommendation for two ambitious national targets: at least 40% of 25- to 34-year-olds having attained a qualification at bachelor level or above by 2025; and a 20% share of undergraduate enrolments for people from low socio-economic status backgrounds by 2020. Meeting these targets will require a radical rethinking of many of the assumptions that underpin secondary and tertiary education in Australia, including curricula, pathways and selection practices. In this seminar two experts will focus on the cross-sectoral challenges in developing education systems geared to social-inclusion and universal participation in tertiary education. What might the school-higher education interface look like in the future? How will VET relate to higher education? Do we need to make key changes in policy and practice?
Professor Richard Teese is Director of the Centre for Post-Compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning at the University of Melbourne. He is an international expert on the unequal operation of school systems and the social processes underpinning inequality in education. (slides)
Professor Peter Dawkins is Secretary of the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. He joined the public service from the University of Melbourne, where he was Director of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and a prominent public policy analyst and advisor to federal and state government committees. (slides)
The seminar will be Chaired by Professor Elizabeth Harman, Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University.
Light refreshments will be available from 6.00pm – 6.30pm, followed by presentations from the speakers, and a period of discussion and audience participation.
Date & time:
Thursday 30 July, 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, registration 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 Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room
Level 1
Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Cnr Swanston St and Monash Rd (Opposite main University of Melbourne tram stop)
University of Melbourne, Parkville
Coordinated by the Centre for the Study of Higher Education and the LH Martin Institute for Higher Education and Management