Events

In this seminar, Dr Tom Kennie will provide an overview of current and future trends in higher education (HE) leadership development, drawing upon extensive field experience in the UK, Australia and beyond. Key themes to be explored include the evolving landscape of HE leadership development, featuring case-based examples from recent practice.

Dr Kennie will examine role-based approaches to leadership development, leadership transitions, and their impact on personal, team, and organisational growth. He will discuss discipline-based and collaborative approaches to leadership development, illustrated through current case studies. The potential of accredited online delivery will be addressed, along with reflections on current and future challenges and opportunities in the field. His presentation will also cover strategies for building internal delivery capacity for HE leadership development across both academic and professional staff, exploring potential areas of collaboration between HE leadership development and educational development.

Furthermore, the session will address the development of ‘third space’ HE leaders, global partnership initiatives to tackle common issues, and the leadership of HE leadership development itself. This comprehensive exploration of HE leadership development will provide attendees with a nuanced understanding of the field’s current state and future directions.

We are engaged in an unprecedented global experiment: what happens when people and ecosystems – even in remote parts of the planet – are constantly exposed to thousands of chemical pollutants from industry, agriculture, transport and other human activities? For many recently discovered contaminants in soil, water and air, there is minimal information available on their environmental behaviour or toxicology yet significant potential to affect human health.

Meet a panel of experts building understanding of the chemistry and bioactivity of pollutants and developing safe and effective solutions to reduce their production, persistence, and impacts.

Speakers will include:

• Associate Professor Suzie Reichman
• Associate Professor Brad Clarke

The Science at Melbourne Lecture series is the premier public event series from the Faculty of Science. The event program seeks to share our knowledge and love of science with the wider community, engaging them in current research and empowering them to ask questions and act for a better world. The series runs throughout the year covering scientific research, discoveries, and theories that play exciting or unexpected roles in shaping and advancing our society.