Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education
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Resources for Dual Delivery Teaching
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The Theodore Fink Memorial Symposium 2021
Wednesday 17 November 2021, 7pm AEDT
‘It’s Time for Freedom … Yes It’s Time’: new perspectives on ‘free’ university and the 1974 abolition of fees in Australia
The 1974 abolition of fees revolutionised the experience of attending university and altered the expectations of students and universities. The wide-ranging discussion in this Symposium will explore the different meanings of ‘free’, examining its political, economic and moral dimensions, as well as offering new insights into this cohort of students, ‘livin’ in the 70s’, who were enabled to ‘go [their] own way’.
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The Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education is an internationally recognised research centre in the area of tertiary and higher education.
Melbourne CSHE professional development programs are for university staff. They cover teaching, learning and assessment; engagement and leadership and management. Orientation and induction programs cover orientation for academic staff and graduate researchers, induction for sessional teachers and training for graduate researcher supervisors.
Graduate Researchers can locate additional professional development opportunities via the Graduate Research Hub and the Research Gateway.
If you have any questions about professional development offered by the Melbourne CSHE, please contact us at melbourne-cshe@unimelb.edu.au
We administer a program of University of Melbourne staff awards which recognise excellence in research, teaching, engagement, strategic priorities and professional support and services for students and fellow staff. We also assist the University's nominations for national awards, such as the Australian Awards for University Teaching.
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Established in 1968, the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education (Melbourne CSHE) conducts research and professional development in the fields of higher education teaching and learning, research, engagement and leadership.
We aim to deliver quality and innovation in each of these fields through our signature research themes, distinctive projects, practical programs and special events.
The Melbourne CSHE is also home to the LH Martin Institute for Tertiary Education Leadership and Management.
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Fellow Voices is a series of pieces created by LH Martin Institute and Melbourne CSHE Fellows, comprising leading and influential figures in higher and vocational education from Australia and across the world.
The items in this series draw upon considerable expertise, experience and insight, creating a platform that foments, challenges and provides illumination on higher and vocational education issues, and contributes to the development of robust and effective policy and implementation.
The views and comments expressed in featured articles belong to the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the LH Martin Institute, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education and The University of Melbourne.
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LH Martin Institute
The LH Martin Institute provides the tertiary education sector with career and capability development through an integrated set of programs, events and projects.
Their programs are unique in that they:
- Are contextualised to the tertiary education sector
- Provide practical examples that relate to participants' own situations
- Are led by practitioners in the field
- Arm participants with tools which can be applied immediately to their workplace
- Are informed by the latest research and resources on the tertiary education sector
The Institute became part of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education in late 2014.