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.

The Menzies Oration on Higher Education has been held annually at the University of Melbourne since the inaugural event in 1991. Menzies orators are listed below, with links to transcripts (where available).

The transcripts are provided as Microsoft Word documents. If you are unable to access this format (for example, because of a disability), please email Web Services or telephone (61 3) 8344 0479 for help.

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)
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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)

1997: Professor Wang Gungwu, The National University of Singapore

1996: Professor Sir Stewart Sutherland, The University of Edinburgh

1995: Professor Brian Wilson, The University of Queensland

1994: The Honourable Nick Greiner, former Premier of New South Wales

1993: Professor Henry Rosovsky, Harvard University

1992: Professor Emeritus Peter Karmel, Australian National University

1991: Professor David Penington, The University of Melbourne