Live @ Melbourne

The Melbourne School of Graduate Research is pleased to present the University of Melbourne 3 Minute Thesis Competition (3MT)

SPEAKERS:

Professor Glyn Davis
Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne

Professor Jane den Hollander
Vice-Chancellor and President of Deakin University

Professor Richard James (Chair)
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Participation & Engagement); Director, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne

After the recent devastating floods in Queensland and Victoria, some suggested that we should assist people here before assisting those in other parts of the world facing similar or worse hardship.

In Australia we are lucky to have an able and responsive government, well-developed insurance systems and effective services to respond to
community needs. But in many developing contexts, its a very different story. When two-thirds of the world is poor, can we afford not to take their needs and rights seriously, just because they are beyond our borders? What obligation do we have to assist poor women and men in countries other than our own?

Are we Melbourne citizens or global citizens? Or both?

Michael Gawenda

Director, Centre for Advanced Journalism

Dr Denis Muller

Chief researcher

On August 25, Melbourne University’s Centre for Advanced Journalism launched the publication of its landmark study exploring the experiences and reflections of survivors who were covered by the media in the aftermath of the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.  

Mutual protection or deadly enemies? 
Funding research and funding teaching

Dr Martin Grabert
Senior Policy Adviser, Group of Eight

John Maddock
CEO Box Hill Institute

Professor Joyce Kirk (Chair)
Consultant

Into the ERA Era. Why Research in Australia Will Never be the Same Again

Professor James McCluskey
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Melbourne

Professor Linda Kristjanson
Vice-Chancellor and President, Swinburne University of Technology

Professor Frank Larkins (Chair)
School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne

Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

Recent climate science suggests our future looks dire. Most relevant observed trends - in greenhouse-gas emissions, global and regional warming, sea-ice loss and sea-level rise - are in the upper range of projections. Despite a worldwide political consensus to limit global average temperature rise to less than 2 degrees celsius, the collective effect of current national measures will lead to average warming of up to 4 degrees by the end of this century. Climate change now threatens to disrupt the Earth’s systems in ways that are beyond all human experience.

Scrutiny and Transparency: The New Standards Regime in Tertiary Education

Michael Beaton-Wells,

BA / LLB, Master of Marketing
Higher education executive with strategy, finance and legal background

Martin Riordan

CEO, TAFE Directors Australia

Professor Lynn Meek (Chair)

Director, LH Martin Institute

Cities around the world are dealing with increased population, decliningbudgets, regulatory pressures and an increase in threats – either from nature, individuals or organised groups.

A Public Lecture by Dr Sharon Nunes, Vice-President, Smarter Cities Strategy & Solutions, IBM Corporation