Sir Robert Menzies Oration on Higher Education
The Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation is a non-political, not-for-profit organisation that promotes to promote excellence in health research, education and postgraduate scholarship by Australians.
2011
Delivered by Delivered by Emeritus Professor Sally Walker AM,
at Melba Hall, The University of Melbourne.
2010
Delivered by Professor Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor, The
University of Melbourne
at Melba Hall, The University of Melbourne.
- Willing to Try: the introduction of the Melbourne Model - transcript (110kb, PDF)
- View a video of the 2010 Menzies Oration
2009
Emeritus Professor Richard Larkins AO, Former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne University and former Vice-Chancellor of Monash University.
2008
The Hon Julia Gillard PM, Prime Minister, Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Social Inclusion
- The Challenge for Universities in the Education Revolution (Microsoft word, 52kb)
2007
Professor Arthur K C Li, Former Secretary for Education and Manpower Hong Kong SAR Government
- Education: Vision and Reality (Microsoft Word, 116KB)
2006
Professor James Wilkinson, Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University
- Undergraduate Education: What Good Is It? An International Perspective (Microsoft Word, 104KB)
- You can listen to a recording of the lecture [Help & Software requirements]
2005
Professor Peter McPhee, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), University of Melbourne
- Faces in the Crowd? The 'Melbourne Experience' past, present, future (Acrobat PDF, 2mb)
2004
Professor Stephen Leeder, Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Sydney
- Global Health and the Future of Academic Medicine (Microsoft Word, 91 kb)
2003
Professor Alan Gilbert, Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne
- Some Heretical Ideas about Universities (Microsoft Word, 104 kb)
2002
Dr Bernard Shapiro, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University
- The Research University: an undergraduate challenge (Microsoft Word, 93 kb)
2001
Dr John Hood, Vice-Chancellor, University of Auckland
- The Research-led University - Reflections from New Zealand (Microsoft Word, 117 kb)
2000
Professor Sir Alec Broers, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge
- University Partnerships - Sustaining International Competitiveness (Microsoft Word, 95 kb)
1999
His Excellency The Honourable Sir Guy S Green KBE, former Governor of Tasmania
- Governors, Democracy and the Rule of Law (Microsoft Word, 89 kb)
1998
Lord Ron Dearing, Chancellor, University of Nottingham
- A Time of Opportunity (Microsoft Word, 53 kb)