PART B - EDUCATION

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1. Educational Record (in chronological order):
 
1946-1951 Primary Education: North Essendon State School, Victoria.
1952-1957 Secondary education: Essendon High School, Victoria. Matriculated to the University of Melbourne, 1957, to read Law and Arts. Awarded full Commonwealth of Australia Government Scholarship.
1958-1963 Undergraduate (full-time) in Faculties of Law and Arts, University of Melbourne.
1962 Qualified Motion Picture Operator’s Certificate, Radio School, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
1963 Completed requirements for Bachelor of Arts, Degree with Honours, with First Class Honours, First Place, and Hastie Exhibition in the Honours School of Philosophy. Also satisfied requirements for a Major in each of History and Philosophy of Science, and Political Science, and a Sequence in History. Language, Italian.
1964 Graduated BA (Hons I) and awarded Commonwealth Government Postgraduate Scholarship to the University of Melbourne to support candidature for the degree of Master of Arts (by research and thesis) in Philosophy.
1965 Thesis submitted and MA awarded with First Class Honours. Awarded Commonwealth Travelling scholarship (United Kingdom Award) to read for the postgraduate degree of Bachelor of Philosophy (in Philosophy) at University of Oxford. Matriculated to University College, Oxford.
1965-1967  Candidate for BPhil (a coursework and research degree for future teachers of philosophy) University of Oxford.
1967 Graduated BPhil with Distinction (highest grade available) and First Place. Papers were on Kant, Philosophical Logic, and Metaphysics and Epistemology. Thesis was titled ‘The Notion of Existence’.
1968-1971 Candidate for degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford.
1970 Awarded Certificate of Satisfactory Participation in in-service course in university teaching and assessment methods by Centre for Higher Education, University of Melbourne.
1972 Graduated DPhil, Oxford. Thesis titled ‘Reference and Existence’.
1972-1973 Completed remaining requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (ordinary degree) University of Melbourne (as part-time student). First Class Honours and First Place in Jurisprudence, and First Class Honours in Law of Labour Relations.
1974 Graduated LLB University of Melbourne.
1979-1980 Candidate (by Distance Education and part-time) for the Graduate Diploma of Tertiary Education (Administrative Strand) University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
1981 Dip Tertiary Ed conferred. (6 subjects: 5 High Distinctions and 1 Distinction. Fields included Educational Assessment and Evaluation, Curriculum Design, Organisational Theory, and Basic Educational Administration. Extra subjects: Finance in Education and Economics of Education were completed in 1984 and 1985 at Distinction or High Distinction level.)
1984 New South Wales Supreme Court Barristers Admission Board Examination in Legal Ethics, with Distinction. (Did not complete full admission program for entry to professional practice.)
  
2. Summary - Post-Secondary Qualifications with Dates Conferred:
 
  1. BA (Melb)       -          Hons I (1964)
  2. MA (Melb)      -          Hons I (1965)
  3. BPhil (Oxon)    -          Dist (1967)
  4. DPhil (Oxon)    -           (1972)
  5. LLB (Melb)      -           (1974)
  6. Dip Tertiary Ed (UNE)(1981)
 
3. Prizes and Exhibitions Awarded (in chronological order): 
  1. 1960 First Place, First year Philosophy (Hons I) University of Melbourne.
  2. 1961 First Place, Second Year Philosophy (Hons I) Hastie Prize, University of Melbourne.
  3. 1963 First Place, Final Year Philosophy, Pure Philosophy Honours School (Hons I), Hastie Exhibition, University of Melbourne.
  4. 1967 Special University College Oxford Governing Prize for performance in BPhil, University of Oxford.
  5. 1973 First Place, Jurisprudence (Hons I) Hearn Exhibition, University of Melbourne. 
4. Scholarships, Fellowships, and other Awards (in chronological order): 
  1. 1958 Commonwealth Scholarship (Law) University of Melbourne
    1959 Commonwealth Scholarship extended to combined Law and Arts
  2. 1964 Commonwealth Postgraduate Award (CPGA) University of Melbourne (Philosophy)
  3. 1965 Commonwealth Travelling Scholarship (United Kingdom Award) - return passage, tuition fees, and living allowance tenable at Oxford University (University College)
  4. 1982 Elected an Honorary Fellow, St Andrew’s College, University of Sydney
  5. 1982 Mont Pelerin Society Fellowship in Philosophy and Economics - to participate in conference, West Berlin
  6. 1985-86 Liberal Arts Fellowship (Harvard University appointment) Harvard Law School
  7. 1990 Elected Honorary Life Member, Centre for Independent Studies
  8. 1993 Appointed Emeritus Professor of the University by the Council of the University of Wollongong
  9. 1996 Elected Fellow of the Australian College of Education (FACE)
  10. 2001 Elected Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (FAIM)
  11. 2003 Appointed Emeritus Professor of the University by the Council of Central Queensland University. 
5. Other Training/Staff Development 
  • University of Wollongong and Monash University in-house training courses in selection techniques, computer skills, leadership, and media techniques (various 1988 to present).
  • Senior University Management Program (SUMP) sponsored by Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee (AVCC), Geelong, 1988 (University of Wollongong nominee).
  • Australian Institute of Tertiary Education Administration (AITEA) Development Conference, Glenelg (SA) 1991.
  • Management Frontiers Study Tour for senior Australian academic managers of selected United States institutions 1995.
  • Harvard University Alumni Business Leadership Program on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERC) (Terrigal NSW 2000).
  • Occupational Health and Training Basic Course (CQU in-house,     2000,      mandated by Queensland State Government.)

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Reviews of organisational governance and management, at either the institution-wide level, or at the level of an academic or administrative unit
 
  
 
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