University of Melbourne Chaplain, Wes Campbell, in association with JustAct, 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 etc. 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