Live @ Melbourne

Hosted by the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in partnership with the Australian Education Union and the Australian College of Educators. 

Presented by Dr Ben Levin,

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

University of Toronto 

On Wednesday 7 March, a panel of experts including Maxine McKew, Jack Keating and Ben Jensen explored issues like what the Gonski Review of School Funding means for the future of our schools, what to make of the Government’s response so far, and what the nature of the public debate tells us about our views on education in Australia.

Centre for Public Policy Forum Series 2012  

Speaker: Mr Des Pearson, Auditor-General, Victoria

Respondent: Mr Grant Hehir, Secretary, Department of Treasury and Finance 

Professor Jeffrey Lehman - Chancellor and founding Dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law

Hosted by the Melbourne Graduate School of Education

This lecture draws on nearly three decades of research that has focused on technology and knowledge, and generates some conclusions for learning and teaching in the 21st century.

Professor Richard Noss

Tuesday 21 February

Venue BMW Edge Theatre, Federation Square

Date & time Tuesday, 7 February 2012 5:30 PM

Speakers:

Bill Bell, Head of Child Protection, Save the Children UK and member of Child Protection Initiative Steering Group

Catherine Scerri, Development Manager, Bahay Tuluyan, Philippines

Benson Saulo, 2011 Australian Youth Ambassador to the United Nations

Kate Eversteyn, Child Protection Specialist, AusAID

(Moderator) Noni Hazlehurst, acclaimed actor, writer, presenter and children's advocat

Professor John Hattie
Wednesday 7 December 
6pm - 7pm

The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull
Shadow Minister for Communications

In a lecture hosted by the Centre for Advanced Journalism, Malcolm will examine how the demands of the 24/7 news cycle and the digital revolution have changed how the media covers politics and why this coverage has changed the nature of political debate

Nathan & Pamela Jacobson Public Lecture Presented by the United States Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey L. Bleich

The issue of violence against women is a priority in foreign policy; it can no longer be “relegated to the margins” in any nation. Coming on the heels of
the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, Ambassador Bleich will discuss U.S. efforts to combat this
deeply rooted social problem, both at home and abroad.

Centre for Women’s Health, Gender & Society, in collaboration with the Victorian Women’s Trust present:

Comedian, Nelly Thomas

Author and columnist for The Age, Leslie Cannold

Senior Lecturer, Louise Keogh

Executive Director of the Victorian Women’s Trust, Mary Crooks