Tertiary Education issues at forefront of public policy debate
Media Release, Wednesday 25 June 2008
At a time of major review in the tertiary education sector, Australia’s education leaders, policy makers and thinkers will discuss what the country needs from its tertiary institutions, now and in the future, in a seminar series at the University of Melbourne.
As our leaders consider the future direction of Australia, its economy, society and the big questions facing us in the future, two of the nation’s leaders in higher education will examine the often overlooked role that education plays in meeting national goals in the first of five seminars commencing this Monday 30 June.
Vice Chancellors of the University of Melbourne and University of Canberra, Professors Glyn Davis and Stephen Parker, will discuss how to build national capacity in the era of the global knowledge economy, education’s contribution to the workforce and productivity, the strengthening of co-ordination across the tertiary sector, and the government’s potential to influence higher education policy.
This session will be chaired by Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley, Chair of the Australian Higher Education Review Expert Panel.
Future sessions in the Investing in the Future: Renewing Australia Tertiary Education public seminar series will examine:
• The Bradley Review of Australian Higher Education – a panel analysis and discussion (21 July)
• The shape of the political economy of tertiary education in the next decade and beyond (28 July)
• Performance standards and indicators: how to improve tertiary education (4 August)
• How universities can maximise their role in research and innovation (11 August).
What:
What does Australia need from its tertiary institutions, now and in the future?
Session one of the public seminar series Investing in the Future: Renewing Australia Tertiary Education, coordinated by the LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management and the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne.
When:
Monday 30 June, 6 - 8.30pm
Where:
The Woodward Conference Centre, Melbourne Law School
Level 10, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton
Registration and further information: www.cshe.unimelb.edu.au/investinginthefuture/
Media Unit contact:
Katherine Smith, Media Liaison, University of Melbourne (8344 8345 / 0402 460 147)
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