Program

Venue: Education Building A35, Ground Floor, Room 351, University of Sydney
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DRAFT PROGRAM (as of 17 February 2012)

NTEU’s Future of Higher Education Conference
22-23 February 2012

Education Lecture Theatre 351, Education Building
University of Sydney

Organised by NTEU Sydney Branch

This timely conference will debate the big issues facing universities and higher education with a focus on where the decisions of today will take us tomorrow.

Wednesday 22 February

9.00 – 9.40		REGISTRATION
9.45 – 10.45		WELCOME TO COUNTRY: Michael West Representative of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council WELCOME TO CONFERENCE: Jeannie Rea, NTEU President
10.15 - 10.45		KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Professor Steven Larkin, Chair Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council Leading the Way: The Role of Indigenous Staff in Unlocking Potential
10.45 - 11.00		MORNING TEA
11.00 – 12.45		SESSION 1: STUDENTS
Themes: Who are the students of today and tomorrow – on and off shore - is the customer always right? – student rights and consumer advocacy – student costs – access and equity -pedagogy - student evaluation of teaching - international students – national and international student mobility – commercialisation of student experience – pedagogy - what is taught and what is learned – delivery modes – challenges of diversity – massification – quality - managing risk – communication technology
Chair: Michael Thomson, NTEU Branch President, University of Sydney
Speakers: Professor Jim Barber, Vice Chancellor, University of New England The Future of Teaching Amanda Vanstone, former Minister for Education Giving Students value Arfa Noor, President, Council of International Students Australia A Student's Perspective Professor Greg McCarthy, Head of School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide Students in the Asian Century
12.45 – 1.30		LUNCH
1.30 – 3.15		SESSION 2: STAFF
Who is a higher education/tertiary education worker? –- university/higher education professionals – multisectoral universities - professionalising general staff – what has changed for academics - 40-40-20 is this a realistic academic workload split? – employment modes and workforce planning – access, equity and progression - rise of the entrepreneurial academic –– sustaining workforce – where and how do people work
Chair: Dr Andrew Bonnell, NTEU Branch President, University of Queensland
Speakers: Professor Scott Bowman, Vice Chancellor & President, Central Queensland University Challenges to Academic Identity and Role, Cross Sectoral Issues; Regional Staffing Issues Professor Glenda Strachan, Griffith Business School, Griffith University When Numbers Are Not Enough: Gender and Equity in Australian Universities Robyn May, Gender and Employment Equity Project. Griffith University The Casualisation of Academic Work; Why Should We Care? Dr Ian Dobson, Editor, Australian Universities’ Review How the Other Half Live: University General Staff Today and Tomorrow
3.15 – 3.30		AFTERNOON TEA
3.30 – 5.15		SESSION 3: THE PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL
The getting of wisdom – rights and responsibilities of public engagement – dissenting thoughts – defending unpopular /hard to defend views – risk management for universities – intellectual freedom – whistle blowing – research and dissemination – role of universities in creating new knowledge – solving wicked problems Chair: Jillian Miller, University of South Australia and Chair NTEU Indigenous Policy Committee Speakers: Professor Dennis Altman AM, School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University How Research Evaluation is Destroying Intellectual Life Anna-Maria Arabia, CEO, Science and Technology Australia Respecting the Scientists and Preserving Academic Freedom Stephen Matchett, The Australian Boom Times in the Marketplace of Ideas Catriona Menzies-Pike, New Matilda Do Public Intellectuals Actually Know How to Speak to the Public?
5.30 - 7.00		RECEPTION The Nicholson Museum The Main Quadrangle Sydney University

Thursday 23 February
9.00 – 9.15		REGISTRATION
9.15 – 11.00		SESSION 4: INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
Australia and the region – and the world – rankings – global markets - funding and delivery models – Bologna - research – knowledge exchange – international public good and public interest – staff and student mobility
Chair: Jeannie Rea, NTEU President
Speakers: KEYNOTE ADDRESS: David Robinson, Associate Director, Canadian Association of University Teachers The Vandals at the Gates: The Global State of Higher Education Dr Sandra Grey, President, New Zealand Tertiary Education Union and Jo Scott, Policy Analyst, New Zealand Tertiary Education Union When the Government Steers the Ship: Implications for New Zealand’s Tertiary Education System Professor Simon Marginson, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne Global Competition and Public Good in Higher Education
11.00 – 11.30		MORNING TEA
11.30 – 12.45		DEBATE: IS THE IDEA OF THE UNIVERSITY DEAD?
Chair: Dr John O'Brien, Honorary Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Speakers: Dr John Buchanan, Director, Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney Dr Meredith Burgmann, former President, NSW Legislative Council Erima Dall, undergraduate student, University of Sydney Tammi Jonas, former President of CAPA Professor Peter Van Onselen, Winthrop Professor, University of Western Australia Professor George Williams AO, Anthony Mason Professor, University of New South Wales
12.45 – 1.30		LUNCH
1.30 – 3.15		SESSION 5: REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE
Governing universities in whose interest - the entrepreneurial university – corporatisation – collegiality – transparency and accountability- types of university and HEPs – private and public and in between - sustaining universities edifices financially & environmentally- Higher Education/TAFE/tertiary education system - TEQSA
Chair: Dr John Byron, Former advisor Senator Kim Carr
Speakers: Professor Margaret Thornton, Australian National University College of Law Who is Accountable to Whom in the Corporatised University. John Kaye, MLC, NSW Governance or Dictatorship: Holding the Line of Democratic Governing Bodies in the Age of Autocratic Management Dr Julie Wells, Vice President, RMIT University Walking the Tightrope: Good Governance and Australian Universities in the 21st Century Professor Marian Baird, Business School, University of Sydney University Governance: Reflections on Practice
3.15 – 3.30		AFTERNOON TEA
3.30 – 5.15		SESSION 6: POLICY AND FUNDING
Public good / private good - what/who is being funded? - post secondary/tertiary/higher education funding models - financial sustainability – private sector contributions to education – fundraising/philanthropy - tension between social policy and budget – student contribution models- advocacy for sector funding – research funding - ERA - base funding – performance funding.
Chair: Grahame McCulloch, NTEU General Secretary
Speakers: Deborah O’Neill, MP, Member for Robertson Transforming Australia’s Higher Education Belinda Robinson, CEO, Universities Australia Twisting Oliver: A New Approach to Higher Education Advocacy Andrew Norton, Grattan Institute Base Funding Review and 40/60 Funding Split Dr Jamie Doughney, Victoria University Gobbling Up Low-SES Students (and Universities, Too): A Higher Education Strategy (of Sorts)
5.15 – 5.30		CLOSING COMMENTS

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