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.
2012 (Tuesday 23 October)
Delivered by: Professor Janice Reid AM, Vice-Chancellor ,University of Western Sydney
Topic: "Menzies, Whitlam, and Social Justice: A View from The Academy".
Venue: Auditorium, The Melbourne Brain Centre
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)