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ICE Australia Pty Ltd
183 Albion Street
Surry Hills, 2010
NSW, Australia |
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T: +61 2 9368 1200
F: +61 2 9368 1500 |
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The 2009 Conference will include a two day program with plenary sessions and workshops. Be informed and inspired by a number of high profile speakers from the industry, including: |
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Shirley Alexander is Professor of Learning Technologies at the University of Technology, Sydney where she is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Teaching, Learning & Equity). Her portfolio responsibilities include the quality of courses and teaching, equity and diversity, and the student experience.
She has previously held the positions of Director of the Institute for Interactive Media and Learning and Dean of the Faculty of Education at UTS.
Shirley's long term research agenda has been on the effective use of information and communication technologies in learning in both the higher education and schools sectors. She has delivered keynote and invited addresses to a number of international and national conferences on this research. She has also managed the production of a number of award-winning e-learning projects. She was a member of two successive national government committees on teaching and learning in higher education from 1997 to 2004.
She sits on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (the Powerhouse Museum), The Sydney Institute of TAFE Advisory Council, the EdNA reference committee, and the Academic Board of the Australian Catholic University. |
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Deidre Anderson is currently the Chief Executive Officer of U@MQ, Macquarie University where she has responsibility for creating a vibrant and healthy University campus environment, managing non-academic services including food, retail, sport and recreation facilities, clubs, societies, child care, events and entertainment, and developing partnerships that add value to the campus experience of both students and staff.
Her professional career has included playing an integral role in the establishment of the United Kingdom Sports Institute. As Program Director she was responsible for the establishment of the elite sport services strategy throughout the UK. Deidre has also held positions with both the Scottish, Victorian and Australian Institutes of Sport.
Over the years Deidre’s expertise has been recognised in her placements to serve on a variety of key sporting Boards and Committees, and she has been acknowledged via numerous Australian and international awards for her service to both elite athletes and coaches. She is the author of numerous publications in the areas of coaching and career transitions in sport. |
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Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley AC was the Chair of the Review of Australian Higher Education 2008, and former Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of South Australia (UniSA). She has been extensively involved in national education policy groups for more than two decades. In 2002 she was a member of the Australian Government’s Higher Education Review Reference group.
Recent significant roles have included: foundation Director of the Australian Universities Quality Agency (2000-2003); President and Chair of IDP Education Australia Limited (2005-2007); Treasurer (2002-2005) and Executive Member of the International Association of University Presidents (2005-2007); Member of the Board of the Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee (2003-2007); Member of the Board of Directors of the Australian - American Fulbright Commission (2003-2007); and Member of the Board of Directors of the Business/Higher Education Round Table (1999-2007). She is currently President of the Australian College of Educators, a Member of the Board of Directors of IDP Education Pty Ltd, and Chair of VERNet.
On Australia Day 2008 Professor Bradley was made a Companion of the Order Of Australia in recognition of her service to higher education through leadership and sector-wide governance, to the promotion of information-based distance learning and to the advancement of Australian educational facilities internationally. |
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Dr Meredith Burgmann is a writer, academic and strong activist for the rights of women and anti-racism. She was President of the NSW Legislative Council until she stepped down from parliament in March 2007. Dr Burgmann is also the organiser and creator of the Ernie Awards, the world's premier awards given for the most outrageous and ignorant comments made in the public arena in the categories of Judicial, Industrial, Media, Political and Sport. She has written a book in collaboration with Yvette Andrews on the Ernie Awards called 'The Ernies Book - 1000 terrible things Australian men have said about women.' |
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Professor Paul Chandler is the Dean of Education at the University of Wollongong. In 1992, Paul Chandler became the first recipient of an ARC Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Education. Today, Professor Chandler is regarded as an international expert in cognition and learning, an innovative and popular teacher and a strong advocate for education. At present, he is the most heavily cited educational researcher currently appointed at any Australian University.
Professor Chandler is also widely acknowledged as a leader in education and in his community. For the past 25 years, he has heavily involved in improving Indigenous outcomes in education and health through an array of community driven projects and initiatives. |
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Suzanne Colbert
Chief Executive
Australian Employers Network on Disability
Suzanne Colbert has been at the leading edge of building employment opportunities for people with disability in Australia for almost 20 years.
In 1993 she was the founding manager of Shore Personnel, a disability employment service in Sydney which was recognised as a top performing service. She also founded, and was the inaugural Chair of the ACE National Network, the peak body representing the interests of open employment services for people with disability to Federal Government.
In 2000 Suzanne recognised the need to develop an employer led organisation and was the founding manager of Employers Making a Difference, now known as the Australian Employers’ Network on Disability. The organisation over 90 members, including some of Australia’s leading companies that, combined, employ around 9% of the Australian workforce. The Employers’ Network on Disability makes it easy for businesses to develop relevant and effective strategies to include people with disability as employees and customers. Members are from both the public and private sectors. |
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Professor Tanya Fitzgerald is currently Professor of Educational Leadership and Management at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She has held professorial appointments at The University of Auckland, Unitec Institute of Technology, and the University of Nottingham. Tanya’s research interests span social, justice, gender and leadership, the history of women’s higher education, teachers’ work and lives and education policy. Her work has been published in national and international journals. She has secured research funding from national and international bodies and won a number of prestigious research prizes.
Tanya’s recently released book, Outsiders or Equals examines the history of women professors in the early-mid twentieth century and her two forthcoming books scrutinise the history of academic women and equity policies in Australian and New Zealand universities. Since 2000, Tanya has been the Chief Editor of History of Education Review, in 2006 she was appointed editor of the Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and Practice and since 2007 has been the co-editor of the Journal of Educational Administration and History. |
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Professor Trevor Gale is Professor of Education and the founding director of the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education; an Australian Government funded research centre hosted by the University of South Australia. Previously he was Associate Dean (Research Degrees) in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, where he also taught courses in the sociology of teaching, policy sociology, and qualitative research methodology.
He is a foundation member of the National VET Equity Advisory Council (NVEAC), the founding editor of Critical Studies in Education, and on the editorial board of the International Journal of Inclusive Education. From 2000 to 2006, Trevor was an executive member of the Australian Association for Research in Education. Trevor is author and co-author of 3 books. Just Schooling (OUP 2000) and Engaging Teachers (OUP 2003) are seminal texts in under and post graduate sociology of education courses throughout Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Rough Justice (Peter Lang 2005) is a narrative of youth homelessness and disadvantage in Australia and is used extensively by juvenile justice workers in Victoria’s Department of Human Services. Trevor is currently writing two further books: Schooling in Disadvantaged Communities (Springer 2009, in press) with Carmen Mills and Educational Research by Association (Sense 2009, in press), an edited collection with Bob Lingard. |
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Rhonda Hawkins is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Corporate Strategy and Services) at the University of Western Sydney (UWS). She is the Secretary to the University’s Board of Trustees and leads the Division of Corporate Strategy and Services which comprises: Human Resources; Student and Academic Administration; Student Support Services; Public Affairs; Strategic Planning and Quality Management; Management Information; Professional Development; Policy and Governance; Office of University Legal Counsel; Audit and Risk Management; Equity and Diversity; and including support of the Board of Trustees and Board Committees. |
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Professor Colleen Hayward is a senior Aboriginal woman of the Noongar nation in the south-west of Western Australia and has recently been appointed as Head of Centre of Kurongkurl Katitjin at the Edith Cowan University.
For more than 30 years, Professor Hayward has provided significant input to policies and programs on a wide range of issues, reflecting the needs of minority groups at community, state and national levels.
She has an extensive background in a range of areas including health, education, training, employment, housing, child protection and law and justice as well as significant experience in policy and management.
Among her many achievements, Professor Hayward was recognised for her long-standing work for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia, winning the National NAIDOC Aboriginal Person of the Year Award in 2008.
Last year, Professor Hayward also achieved a postgraduate Certificate in Cross Sector Partnerships from Cambridge University |
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Professor Barbara A. Holland is Pro Vice-Chancellor Engagement at University of Western Sydney. In this role she is implementing the UWS strategic plan for expanding university-community partnerships that enhance learning and research activities while meeting community knowledge needs. Central to the plan is the UWS Schools Engagement agenda which in 2008 involved nearly 11,000 school students in academic enrichment, tutoring and mentoring activities.
Before joining UWS, Barbara held national leadership roles for community engagement in the United States including the directorship of the federally-funded national centre for training and research on community-engaged learning (2002-07), and an appointment to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development where she managed large grant programs for university-community partnerships (2000-2002). Previously, she held academic and administrative roles at three American universities.
Barbara is recognised internationally for her expertise on organisational change, community engagement and partnerships, and has given more than 100 keynote speeches on these topics. In Australia, she serves as Vice-President of the Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance (AUCEA) and has been an advisor on engaged learning to the departments of education in three states. In 2008, AUCEA named her one of the first two Honorary Fellows appointed by the Alliance. Among her many publications, she is co-author of a widely-adopted book on the assessment of service-learning and community engagement and is editor for three international journals on engagement. In 2006 she received the Research Achievement Award from the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement. |
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Dorothy Hoddinott is Principal of Holroyd High School, in Sydney's Western suburbs. As Principal, she has ensured highly effective educational, leadership and welfare programs and outcomes for her students. Approximately forty percent of the students at Holroyd are refugees. In 2002, Dorothy established a school trust to support young refugees and asylum seekers in completing their schooling, and in 2003 a donor fund through the National Foundation of Australian Women (NFAW) to support refugee girls. These funds also provide support for a number of refugee students in their university studies.
Dorothy has established strong partnerships with business and universities in mentoring students and developing their leadership capacity. In 2009, students from Years 9 - 12 have participated in the UNSW ASPIRE and UWS Fast Forward programs, and the Australian Business Community Network (ABCN) GOALS program. The school is also working with the University of Sydney's equity programs unit, particularly in engineering and science, and has participated in a science-based program with Merck, Sharp and Doehm for a number of years. The combination of practical support, mentoring and raised expectations has led to a thirty percent university participation rate for Holroyd students, many of whom have substantial educational disadvantage.
Dorothy has a deep commitment to equity issues and human rights and has been a strong public advocate for the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers. In 2004, she was recognised for this in her nomination for the Australian Human Rights Medal. In 2006, she was conferred an Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney, and in 2008 was made an Officer of the Order of Australia. |
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Fay Jackson is Director of Vision In Mind and a multi award winning national motivational speaker, educator, advocate and voice for mental health.
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Professor Richard James is the Director, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne. His research program involves both theoretical and practical investigations into contemporary higher education issues. With Dr Kerri-Lee Krause he currently holds a three year Australian Research Council Discovery Grant to examine the effects of disciplinary cultures on approaches to teaching and learning. In 2005 he led the CSHE project team that designed the Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching, the national scheme for recognising excellence in teaching in higher education. One of Professor James's principal research interests is equity in higher education access and participation. In 2002 he coordinated the CSHE team that completed the most extensive national review of higher education equity policy ever undertaken. He has published numerous reports, journal articles and papers on access for rural students and the effects of social class on higher education aspirations. Professor James has co-authored numerous major research reports of national significance in the field of higher education as well as over 50 refereed articles and book chapters. |
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Professor Sally Kift is a Professor of Law at QUT, where she has served as Law Faculty Assistant Dean, Teaching & Learning (2001-2006) and QUT’s foundational Director, First Year Experience (2006-2007). Sally received a National Teaching Award (AAUT) in 2003. In 2006, she was awarded one of three inaugural Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Senior Fellowships for a project entitled, Articulating a transition pedagogy to scaffold and enhance the first year learning experience in Australian higher education. In 2007, Sally led a Project Team to the award of a further ALTC National Teaching Award for the Law Faculty’s Assessment and Feedback practices. She has published widely on legal education and student transition, and has received numerous national and international invitations to speak on issues relating to transition and the first year experience, on curriculum design to embed and assess graduate attributes, and on the current state of legal education. |
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Leslie Loble is Deputy Director-General, Strategic Planning and Regulation, with the NSW Department of Education and Training.
Ms Loble oversees public policy development and corporate planning and performance across schooling, vocational education and training, and higher education. She leads all national policy activities for DET, and was a member of the Council of Australian Governments’ inaugural Productivity Agenda working group, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister.
Leslie also has responsibility for identifying promising educational innovations and strategic research and evaluation.
Prior to joining the Department, Ms Loble served President Bill Clinton’s Administration as Chief of Staff to Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich, and as a member of the U.S. Department of Labor’s senior management team.
Ms Loble has a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University. |
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Lin Martin is the Vice-Principal, Major Projects, at the University of Melbourne. Lin leads and coordinates the project planning and implementation of major University projects, leads key components of the Responsible Division Management project, and leads aspects of the Taking Responsibility reform of University governance and management processes.
Lin’s previous position was Vice President at Deakin University and member of the Senior Executive where she was responsible for Library and Knowledge Media Services, student administration, student support services, University planning, student and staff equity and University governance. Lin was also a member of the University’s Budget Management Group.
From August to November 2008, Lin was seconded to work as a senior advisor to the Bradley Review of Higher Education and specifically worked on the social inclusion, student income support and student experience sections of the final report.
Lin has over thirty years experience in the higher education sector and is best known in the sector for her work in national policy analysis and planning in the student equity area. Her work on equity performance published in 1994 as Equity and General Performance Indicators in Higher Education. |
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Professor Lucy Taksa, is Head of the Department of Business, Macquarie University. She was Associate Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Commerce and Economics during 2006 and Head of the School of Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour from 2003, and of the School of Organisation and Management, 2004-2005. She was a non-judicial member of the Equal Opportunity Division and the Legal Services Division of the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal from 1996 and 2003 respectively and a member of the UNSW Equity Strategy Committee between 2004 and 2006. She has been Presiding Member of the UNSW Vice Chancellor's Childcare Assistance Fund for Women Researchers Assessment Committee since 2003. In 2007 she was appointed Chair of Board of State Records NSW. Lucy teaches Masters of Commerce courses: Organisational Behaviour and Managing Equity, Diversity and Disability.
Lucy’s research has investigated the cultural implications of scientific management, labour culture, social capital and citizenship, the gendered nature of technological change, memory and the impact of globalisation on the management of industrial heritage assets. She has been on the Editorial Boards of a number of journals, including: Organization Studies, the Journal of Transport History, International Review of Social History, Labour History, Work Employment and the Labour Market, Problems & Perspectives in Management. Her research currently focuses on the long term impact of migration on workplace culture, intercultural relations and investment in Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Management initiatives. In 2007 Lucy was a Visiting Fellow of the Labour-Management Studies Foundation at Macquarie University. |
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Professor Liz Thomas is Director of the Widening Participation Research Centre at Edge Hill University. She is also Senior Adviser for Widening Participation at the Higher Education Academy, and Lead Adviser Working with Institutions for Action on Access. Liz is currently managing a programme on behalf of the Higher Education Funding Council for England to assist institutions to mainstream and sustain their widening participation activity and contributing to a number of research projects. Liz has ten years experience of undertaking and managing widening participation research, including directing an international project with partners from ten countries. Liz is author and editor of nine books on widening participation, including First Generation Entrants in higher education: an international analysis (2006, SRHE and Open University Press); Overcoming the barriers to higher education (2007, Trentham Books); and Improving retention in higher education (2007, Routledge). She is also editor of the journal Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. |
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