Melbourne Graduate School of Education

LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management

Charting New Terrain: Creating and maintaining a diversified tertiary education sector in Australia

Program Outline

Below is a program outline for the event. The program can also be seen in the conference brochure.

 

Thursday 27th November 2008
12:00 - 13.00

Registration

Light lunch, tea and coffee

13:00 - 13.20

Welcome & Conference Opening

Professor Peter McPhee, Provost, University of Melbourne

13:20 - 14:10

A New Terrain? Challenges for an Australian tertiary education sector

The Hon John Dawkins AO, Chair, Australian Qualifications Framework Council

Conference Paper

14:10 - 15:00

Commentary & Reflection

Professor Ian Young, Vice-Chancellor & President, Swinburne University of Technology

Ian Young's Presentation

Ms Pam Christie, Institute Director, TAFE NSW – Sydney Institute

Pam Christie's Presentation and paper

15:00 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 16:30

The Vocational - Higher Education Interface; A view from the UK

Mr Robin Shreeve, Principal and Chief Executive, City of Westminster College UK

Conference paper and presentation

16:30 - 17:30

Discussion, facilitated by Professor Bruce Muirhead, Chief Executive Office, EIDOS Institute

17:30 - 19:00

Conference networking drinks

 

 

Friday 28th November 2008
09:00 - 10:00

Reflections on Tertiary Education in Australia

Dr Tom Karmel, Managing Director, National Centre for Vocational Educational Research (NVCER)

Presentation and paper coming shortly

10:00 - 11.00

Dealing with Diversity: The role of institutional classification schemes in the US and Europe

Professor Frans van Vught, President of the European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities

Presentation and Report - Mapping Diversity

11:00 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:10

Commentary & Reflection

Dr Gavin Moodie, Principal Policy Advisor, Griffith University

Gavin Moodie's paper

Ms Julie Moss, Former Chair of ACPET & Managing Director, Photography Studies College

Julie Moss' presentation

12:10 - 12:45

Discussion facilitated by Leo Geodegebuure

12:45 - 13:00

Closing remarks

Professor John Hay AC, Chair, LH Martin Institute Advisory Board

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

 

 

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