Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small
Business and Education Committee
From: Jeff Malpas [jem@postoffice.utas.edu.au]
Sent: Friday, 16 February 2001 11:55 AM
To: eet.sen@aph.gov.au
Subject: re: Senate Inquiry into Higher Education
The Secretary
Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education
References
Committee
Suite S1.61 Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
RE: Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Higher Education
The Australasian Association of Philosophy is the professional association
of
those involved in philosophical teaching and research in Australia and
New
Zealand and serves as the over-arching organizational body for the discipline
of philosophy in Australian and New Zealand universities. As a result
it has a
special interest in the situation within Australian universities and
can also
draw on a depth of knowledge and expertise in relation to the actual
circumstances obtaining in relation to research and teaching in Australian
universities, particularly in relation to research and teaching in philosophy.
The Association will be making a submission to the Inquiry into Higher
Education. While the submission will be organized around the Inquiry’s
terms of reference, there are four broad issues that the AAP would like
particularly to
bring to the attention of the Inquiry:
i. The need for increased levels of basic funding within the sector to
ensure
adequate ongoing support for research and teaching
ii. The need for greater recognition of the differences between disciplines
and disciplinary groups particularly in relation to research
iii. The need for greater recognition of the special needs of regional
universities
iv. The need for improved consultation and communication between
government and the university sector as a whole (including the Academies
and other
professional and disciplinary associations).We hope to have our full
submission to you by the end of next week.
Yours,
Prof. Jeff Malpas
Member, AAP Council
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Prof
Jeff Malpas<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Head, School of Philosophy, University of Tasmania
Director, University Centre for Applied Philosophy and Ethics
GPO Box 252-41 Hobart, Tasmania 7001, AUSTRALIA
Telephone: 61 (3) 6226 2257 (Office); 61 (3) 6226 2255 (Secretary)
61 (3) 6224 4883 (Home)
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