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2006

FORUM

Reclaiming “the public” in the public university

Saturday 29th April from 10.30am – 5pm
The Knox Centre
Cnr Lansdowne and Albert streets
East Melbourne VIC 3002

PROGRAM

10:30 am Coffee and Registration
11:00 am Morning Session

• Hon. Race Mathews, Patron of the APU, Introduction
• Prof Glyn Davis, VC, Melbourne University: 'Do Public Universities have a Future?'
• Prof Sally Walker, VC, Deakin University: 'The Importance of Differentiation in the Higher Education Sector'
• Dr Bryce Weber, Monash and Melbourne Universities: ‘Public what...? The problem of making sense of the idea of the “public good”'
• Discussion

1.00 pm Lunch: Included in Ticket

2.00 pm Afternoon Session

• Em Prof Clive Kessler, Sociology, UNSW: 'Public Universities in an Unbrave New World: Globalisation, Managerialism and Accountability'
• Adjunct Prof Morag Fraser, La Trobe University: ‘Australian Universities: A View from Outside'
• Jonathon Strauss: Postgraduate Researcher, University of Wollongong: ‘Someone is always in
  control: research re-regulated?'

3.30 pm Coffee: Included in Ticket
4.00 pm Open Discussion
5.00 pm Drinks: Included in Ticket

2005

The 2005 AGM

The 2005 Annual General Meeting and election of the committee of the Association for the Public University will be held on the 8th November at 8 PM.

Venue: Thomas Carr Centre, 278 Victoria Pde, East Melbourne near corner of Eades St

All positions on the committee are declared vacant and you are invited to nominate to take up either an office-bearing or ordinary committee member position.

There are five Victorian office bearing positions, as set out below, and the position of Vice President in each state.

The current Committee of the APU are:

Office bearers

President: Simon Cropper
Vice President: Margaret Thornton
Vice President: Bill Webster
Vice President (NSW):Clive Kessler
Vice President (QLD): John Mandalios
Treasurer (Interim): David Holmes
Secretary: David Holmes

Ordinary Committee Members: Sharon Andrews, Arran Gare, Jenny Rankin, Bryce Weber

Nominations for all positions can be made at the AGM or by emailing david.holmes@arts.monash.edu.au.

'The Future of the University in Australia: Can Education survive Neoliberalism?'

on Saturday 9th April from 10.30am until 5pm at
The Knox Centre
Cnr Lansdowne and Albert Streets
East Melbourne VIC 3002
Entrance just to the south of Albert Street off Lansdowne Street
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PROGRAM:

10:30 Coffee
11:00 Rt. Hon. Race Mathews Introduction;
11:15 Prof. Marian Sawer: Elites and Populism;
11:45 Prof Simon Marginson: Rethinking the Public and Private Divide;
12:15 Sharon Andrews: Beyond the Heroics: Rethinking the Freedom of Academics
12:45 Lunch Included in ticket
1:45 Gavin Moodie: The Research Race;
2:15 Dr Dirk Baltzly: The future of humanities research in the age of grantsmanship;
2:45 Professor Judith Bessant: Blind eye to the telescope: Academic Politics and the Nelson Reforms;
3:15 Refreshment Included in ticket;
3:45 Rt. Hon.Race Mathews Open discussion;
4:45 Finish

Drinks and nibbles.

Cost: Waged: $20, Unwaged: $10 (Including refreshments) Pay at the door

2004

2003

2002

Wed 1 May

The Association for the Public University is now incorporated within the state of Victoria. If you are currently a member of the Association or plan to become one please read the Rules of Incorporation.