Verity Firth
@VerityFirth
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Social Justice & Inclusion) UTS. Industry Professor for Education & Public Benefit. Former NSW Minister for Education.
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http://www.uts.edu.au/socialjustice 23-09-2011 09:19:21
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#UASolutionsSummit
-First Nations led
- #AQF + RPL (&RpExp) Mary O’Kane calls out Mitchell Institute Peter Noonan contribution😌
-Skills absolutely can stitch HE & VET
-Regional study hubs vital @countrtuc Chris Ronan
-Accord Panel thought a lot about ‘survivability’
🙏Mary & Panel👏
Great to hear Prof Mary O'Kane give a shout out to the James Martin Institute for Public Policy & Libby Hackett for their work with the Accord. The JMI brings together government policy making and academic research, ensuring we all benefit from evidence based public policy. 👏👏 #UASolutionsSummit
Chatted to Patricia Karvelas this morning on RN Breakfast about life beyond the #ATAR
abc.net.au/listen/program…
.Verity Firth says community engagement has long been a topic of importance for universities, and its mention in the #universitiesaccord 's interim report as a critical part of the reforms is a refreshing and welcome addition.
Thank you to everyone who joined our 'Fixing our systems to stop sexual violence' livestream feat. Karen Iles, Catharine Pruscino and Verity Firth. If you missed it, you can watch a recording of the event on our website: uts.edu.au/partners-and-c… #consentmatters
Congratulations to Sally McGrath from Berkeley Vale Public School who is the 2024 Premier’s Teachers Mutual Bank Aboriginal Education Scholarship recipient. Sally will visit several locations in Western NSW and New Zealand as part of her upcoming study tour. Chris Minns Prue Car MP Murat Dizdar
We James Martin Institute for Public Policy are very excited to be backing this groundbreaking project, led by the brilliant Heidi Norman in collaboration with an awesome interdisciplinary team from the Institute for Sustainable Futures at UTS.
Verity Firth Social Justice UTS UTS Katie Moore
Engaged scholarship should be a core part of the #UniversitiesAccord . Beyond producing graduates and research, modern Australian universities need to be connected to civic outcomes that advance the public good. Read more 👇👇👇 Engagement Australia
10 MINUTES TO START: WEBINAR | First-generation PRC migrants & social cohesion - Report launch
Hear from report author Wanning Sun, Jimmy Li, James O’Donnell ANUDemography, with moderator Monica. Verity Firth will deliver opening remarks
Tune in: utsmeet.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Still time to register Shelly Lundberg on Diversity in Economics: Challenges and Rewards. 5pm this Monday. Public lecture & conversation with Verity Firth and me hosted by Adeline Delavande. Hybrid event at UTS with Reserve Bank of Australia & Women in EconomicsAU UTS Business School uts.edu.au/about/uts-busi…
ESSENTIAL READING: The Australian Human Rights Commission has published its 7 standards for organisations to comply with the new positive duty to prevent sexual harassment, sex discrimination and other unlawful conduct. humanrights.gov.au/our-work/sex-d…
New research from my team Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) published today highlighting the need for an increase in targeted support for students identified early on as not meeting expectations (overrepresented by equity groups) theconversation.com/fewer-than-1-i…
With the new resources released by the Australian Human Rights Commission, businesses and organisations can drive positive change and create safe, respectful and inclusive Australian workplaces. Download the positive duty resources here: loom.ly/NHryfpw
#PositiveDuty