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Melbourne Graduate School of Education (MGSE) is delighted to welcome Professor Frank Oberklaid AM MD FRACP to deliver the sixth Dean’s Lecture in the 2022 Series:

Schools as community service platforms: The next frontier?

“Children and young people are struggling, with worsening outcomes in many domains of their health, wellbeing and learning.

While educators talk about how to raise falling achievement levels, community services are overwhelmed with children presenting with complex problems that may have underlying health problems but are compounded by psychosocial factors.

The current service system is fragmented, with major access and equity issues. It was designed for a different era - it is manifestly inadequate for today’s problems. The present policy settings are unlikely to offer any significant sustained improvement in outcomes.”

In this lecture, Professor Oberklaid will explore how we can rethink educational settings as universal platforms to help develop a better-coordinated and multidisciplinary service model, focused on prevention, early detection, and intervention, an approach that is consistent with research on how to make a difference.

Date: Tuesday 25 October, 2022

Time: 5.30pm Refreshments + Registration | 6.00pm Lecture

Venue: Theatre Q230, Level 2, Kwong Lee Dow Building, 234 Queensberry Street, University of Melbourne

COVIDSafe

Please consider the following important public health information when attending this in person event:

- Where possible, maintain 1.5m distance from others during the event

- Follow current directions for face coverings and hygiene during the event

- Do not come to the event if you are unwell, even with very mild symptoms

For more information, please visit: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/coronavirus/vaccination-at-unimelb

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• Host: Professor Moira O’Bryan, Dean of Science University of Melbourne
• MC: Dr Jen Martin – Science Communicator
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