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Higher Education: Equity and Access forum series Click
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Tuesday 24th August, 5:30pm Off Course: From Public Place to Market Place at Melbourne University - Thoughts and Reflections The Honourable John Cain Professorial Fellow, Centre for Public Policy John Cain, LLB, is a Professorial Associate in the Centre for Public Policy. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Victoria from 1976 to 1992, including three terms as Premier of Victoria. He teaches in Australian politics and public policy, and is currently working on a research project with John Hewitt, on higher education in Australia. John Hewitt John Hewitt is a former tutor in the department of politics and sociology at the University of Melbourne who now teaches at Brighton Grammar School. Respondent Professor Michael Muetzelfeldt School of Management, Victoria University Michael Muetzelfeldt joined Victoria University, Melbourne, in July 2000 as professor in the School of Management, and was Head of the School from January 2001 to July 2004. His research, consultancy and teaching focusses on strategic management and governance, particularly in the public sector and the non-government organisation sector. With the contracting out of government service delivery, these two sectors are becoming increasingly connected. This raises new issues within and between them about strategy, quality assurance, accountability, governance, professionalism and organisational learning. Michael Muetzelfeldt initially worked in the Australian public service, and then researched and taught Australian politics and public administration at the Universities of Adelaide and Melbourne. From 1988 he worked in public management, policy studies and political sociology at Deakin University, where from 1994 to June 2000 was Director of the Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights. During this time, his research and teaching addressed the changing structure of the public sector, new modes of public management and policy making, and the impact this has on accountability, and on stakeholders and clients. His current major research focus is on collaborative management in distributed organisations and in networks of organisations. In particular, he is examining collaboration and competition among non-government organisations that provide advocacy and services in the same field, and how this interacts with strategy, knowledge management, professionalism and organisational learning. Chairperson: Professor Mark Considine Director, Centre for Public Policy Tuesday 31st August, 5:30pmImproving Access and Equity in a New Higher Education ContextProfessor Peter McPhee Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) University of Melbourne Peter McPhee is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), with particular responsibilities for the quality of teaching and learning at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Professor McPhee was educated at Colac High School, Caulfield Grammar School, and the University of Melbourne, where he completed a BA (Hons 1st Class), Dip.Ed., MA (Hons 1st Class) and PhD. He taught at La Trobe University 1975-79 and the Victoria University of Wellington 1980-86 before returning to the University of Melbourne, where he has held a Personal Chair in History since 1993. He has published widely on the history of modern France, notably A Social History of France 1780-1880 (London, 1992) and Revolution and Environment in Southern France, 1780-1830 (Oxford, 1999). In 1999 he also published a biography of the former Chancellor Roy Douglas ('Pansy') Wright. His most recent book is The French Revolution 1789-1799 (Oxford, 2002). Professor McPhee was Deputy Dean and Acting Dean of the School of Graduate Studies in 1994-96, then Head of the Department of History in 1996-99. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1997. In the same year he became an inaugural 'Universitas 21' Teaching Fellow. In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He was an Officer of the Academic Board 1999-2003 and its President in 2002-03. Download Professor McPhee's paper (MS Word 45.5 kb) (and click here to access information about Access Melbourne). Can high status universities provide equitable access? Some rather global thoughts about social competition and equity in higher education Professor Simon Marginson Director, Monash Centre for Research in International Education, Monash University Professor Simon Marginson is an Australian Professorial Fellow, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia (FASSA), and Director of the Monash Centre for Research in International Education at Monash University. A former University of Melbourne academic (1993-1998) and the holder of continuous ARC funding since 1993, Professor Marginson's research is centred on the future of the networked university as an institution, a question with local/ national and global dimensions. His current research and writing projects cover university leaders' strategies in the global environment (a 10-nation study), the internationalisation of Australian higher education, the social and economic security of international students, the role of higher education in the formation of social capital, and technological innovation in higher education. His books include The Enterprise University (coauthored with Mark Considine), Markets in Education, and Monash: The Remaking of the University. Professor Marginson is also a public commentator on education policy matters. Download Professor Marginson's paper (MS Word 37 kb) Chairperson: Professor Mark Considine Director, Centre for Public Policy Tuesday 7th September, 5:30pmAn argument for reconsidering policies and strategies for achievingequity in higher education Associate Professor Richard James Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne Dr Richard James is an Associate Professor in the University of Melbourne's Centre for the Study of Higher Education. Richard has conducted a large number of national research studies into the transition to university, access and equity for students from lower income backgrounds and rural areas. Last year he directed a national review of the performance of equity target groups in Australian higher education for the Department of Education, Science and Training. His contribution to the field of higher education was recognised internationally by a recent appointment as Visiting Professor at Hiroshima University, Japan. Within the University of Melbourne, he plays a major role in the University's activities in the Goulburn Valley region, where he is working on a project to establish an Academy of Sport, Health and Education to serve the Indigenous community. He also chairs the committee for the Melbourne Access Program, which aims to expand access for students from disadvantaged schools. Download Associate Professor James' presentation (MS Word 1 Mb) School Leavers and Access to Higher Education in Victoria Professor Richard Teese Department of Education, Policy and Management, University of Melbourne Professor Teese is director of the Centre for Post-compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning. Richard has a distinguished record of research and teaching in the field of post-compulsory education and training. His book Academic Success and Social Power Undemocratic Schooling presents findings from a comprehensive survey of 130,000 young people in over 900 schools across Australia, focussed on quality of learning experience, attainment, post-school transition, and student views of school and society. Who wins at School? Boys and Girls in Australian Secondary Education (1995) is one of the most widely cited studies on gender in Australia. Equity Outcomes (1993) was one of the first systematic studies of regional socio-economic disadvantage in curriculum access and achievement. He has authored or co-authored over sixty research papers on schools, TAFE, higher education, and adult and community education, and managed the preparation of hundreds of reports for individual schools and TAFE institutes. Richard Teese is a scholar of high distinction in national and international settings whose research has informed the development of education policy in Australia for more than a decade. He has an outstanding capacity to share the findings of his research with a range of audiences, including policy-makers, practitioners, scholars, under-graduate and post-graduate students, and the wider community. Chairperson: Associate Professor Ann Capling Department of Political Science, University of Melbourne Ann Capling was born and educated in Canada. Prior to joining the Department of Political Science at Melbourne in 1993, she taught politics and history at universities in Calgary, Canberra, Toronto and Melbourne. Her research interests include Australian political economy and international political economy, with a specific focus on trade policy. Ann is the Director of the Bachelor of Public Policy and Management program. Tuesday 14th September, 5:30pmVET and Higher Education: An unhealthy power relationship or an opportunity for change?Professor Liz Harman Vice Chancellor, Victoria University Professor Elizabeth (Liz) Harman is Vice-Chancellor and President of Victoria University, having taken up her post from October 2003. She was born and educated in New Zealand. She later completing a PhD in Canada in 1976, where she married a West Australian, Dr Frank Harman. They have two children. Professor Harman has held senior positions on the executive and boards of public agencies, including the Water Authority of Western Australia, Royal Perth Hospital Board and the WA State Planning Commission. She served as a member of the Federal Prices Surveillance Authority that is now merged into the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Professor Harman has held national responsibilities in higher education, notably as the former Chair of the Australian Vice Chancellors Committee (Deputy and Pro Vice Chancellors (Academic)) and as a current member of the Board of the association for university employers (AHEIA). She was an Auditor for the Australian Universities Quality Agency, participating in audits for two Australian universities prior to her appointment as Vice Chancellor at Victoria University. Professor Harman has published on a wide range of policy issues, including industry policy, minerals and energy, trade, education, public sector reform, government accountability and the Australian competition policy. Download Professor Harman's paper (MS Word 87.5 Kb) University Access: Can We Have Too Much of a Good Thing? Andrew Norton Research Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies Andrew Norton is a Research Fellow at The Centre for Independent Studies and also holds a part-time position with the University of Melbourne. From November 1997 to December 1999 he was Higher Education Adviser to Dr David Kemp, Federal Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs. Prior to joining Dr Kemp he was Editor of Policy, the quarterly journal of The Centre for Independent Studies and a fortnightly columnist for the Brisbane Courier-Mail. He is the author of The Unchained University (CIS 2002). He was an editor and contributor to A Defence of Economic Rationalism (Allen & Unwin 1993), Shaping the Social Virtues (CIS 1994) and Markets, Morals and Community (CIS 1996). He was a contributor to The Politics of Australian Society (Pearson 2000 and 2004), Liberalism and the Australian Federation (Federation Press 2001) and Blaming Ourselves: September 11 and the Agony of the Left (Duffy and Snellgrove 2002). He is currently a regular contributor to newspapers and other periodicals, and is writing a book on public opinion about economic reform. Download Andrew Norton's presentation (Powerpoint 128 Kb) Chairperson: Professor Mark Considine Director, Centre for Public Policy |
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