EDUCATION AT THE EDGES

EDUCATION AT THE EDGES

University of Melbourne Chaplain, Wes Campbell, in association with the Justice and International Mission Unit of the Uniting Church in Victoria and Tasmania, presents:

EDUCATION AT THE EDGES

Tues 14 Oct (5-8pm), University of Melbourne – 1st Floor, Alan Gilbert Building (Executive Lounge)

Bob Maguire (JJJ and SBS) - MC (pictured)

Keynote speaker - Bronwyn Pike, Minister for Education, Victorian Government

• Austudy, Youth Allowance - below the poverty line
• International students - second class?
• TAFE and disadvantage
• Educational alternatives?

Hurry - register a free place on the VISTA website (Upcoming Events)

Speakers: Vickie Roche, Master of Arts (Writing): prison education and Indigenous Australians; Peter Horbury - Coordinator, Welfare Rights Unit (Vic): Youth Allowance, Austudy and work; Sharon Smith - International Research Officer, NUS: fair go for international students; Cyndy Connole - Community Coordinator, LHMU (Vic): refugee education and employment; Mary Campbell, Relations Coordinator, Institute for Advancing Community Engagement, Catalyst-Clemente, ACU: alternative education at the edges; Veronica Volkoff – Research Fellow, Uni of Melbourne: disadvantage in TAFE; Beverley Campbell, Research consultant: adult education, history and future.

Part of Anti-Poverty Week 2008