The Vice Chancellor invites you to view the attached speeches and presentations from recent University functions and events.

• Social inclusion: a watershed in equity (PDF 666k). Published in Campus Review volume 18 number 8 on 26 February 2008 pages 10-11. By Ian O'Connor and Gavin Moodie.
• Senior Management Development Program - Crowne Plaza 19/20 February 2008
  • Presentation by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Ian O'Connor (PDF 740k) (Griffith users only)
  • Presentation by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), Professor John Dewar - AUQA Cycle 2 (PDF 109k) (Griffith users only)
  • Presentation by the Pro Vice Chancellor (LSO), Professor Sue Spence - AUQA Cycle 2 (PDF 31k) (Griffith users only)
  • Presentation by Dr Vicki Pattemore, Director RQF - RQF and Beyond (PDF 45k) (Griffith users only)
• Major Issues Facing Universities (PDF 36k) - paper presented to the Universities Australia staff development and training program Student administration conference, Brisbane, 6 September 2007.
• Diversity straightjacket (PDF 28k) - edited version of a paper presented by the Vice Chancellor to the business/higher education round table on tomorrow's universities, 7 June 2006.
• Strategic Plan Presentation to Council Retreat February 2006 (PPT 818k) (Griffith users only)

Media Releases

Next Generation's Underclass on its Way

(Professor Ian O'Connor and Gavin Moodie - Higher Education - Australian - 14/11/07)

As welcome as the present resources boom is, an unfortunate side effect is its diversion of young people from education and training.

Australia is developing a missed generation of young people who are without tertiary education and therefore are ill-equipped to handle the big changes in the economy and society that may be expected during their lifetimes. Skills shortages for the future are mounting up as Australia fails to educate more young people to fill the jobs soon to be vacated by the retiring baby boomers.

On-time applications for university places reported by the state tertiary admissions centres show a continuing fall in applications, of 1.7 per cent for admission in 2008 following a fall of 1 per cent in the previous year.

There has been a small fall of under 1 per cent in applications from school-leavers.

The biggest proportionate fall of 8.9 per cent has been in applications from non-school-leavers who are new to higher education. These are students who are transferring from TAFE or who are admitted on the basis of work experience or by mature-age entry.

Next Generation's Underclass on its Way (PDF 12k)