2022 Frank Archibald Memorial Lecture
Date: Thursday 27 October
Time: 6:30pm (refreshments 5:30 - 6:15pm)
Venue: Oorala Aboriginal Centre UNE, Armidale NSW & ZOOM Webinar
Beyond Access: Issues and Challenges in Higher Education.
Within the Indigenous higher education sector in Australia there exists a sense of urgency to maximise participation at all levels; also shared by both the federal government policy drivers linked to Indigenous student support program (ISSP) funding (Scullion, 2017) and Universities Australia’s (UA) Indigenous Strategy 2017–2020, 2022-2025 (Universities Australia, 2017 & 2022). Yet whilst a commendable ‘call to arms’ is seeking to bring about systemic change, we as a sector are still to develop a sophisticated organisational consciousness where Indigenous business is regarded as core business, moving beyond the reactive organisational fringes. This lecture will explore the issues and challenges faced by Australian universities and look to a futures focused agenda of Indigenous Education through a Rights Based approach.
Prof. Peter Anderson PhD, SFHEA, MAIATSIS
Peter Anderson is from the Walpiri and Murinpatha nations in the Northern Territory. He researches in the area of Indigenous education and educational systems and its relationship with indigenous peoples globally. Within the Australian context he examines the protocols of engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in educational settings. A member of the ARC College of experts, he also holds research advisory positions to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the Diversity Council of Australia and the Australian Education Research Association.
