More stuff to do!
Apart from the forum I mentioned in an earlier post, here are some more lectures/events that will be on at Macquarie Uni and UTS:
MQ Vice-Chancellor's Inaugural Annual Lecture
From its ancient origins right up to the last century, it was taken for granted that the purpose of education was to build character. Moral education was considered necessary to rein in such evils as "unrestrained greed". But have modern universities abandoned their moral and character-building aims? Has higher education become a values-free zone?
Professor Steven Schwartz will examine these and related issues in his inaugural Annual Oration to be held at the University on August 26.
The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by author and journalist Jeff McMullen. The panel will feature media commentator Miranda Devine, historian and a former vice-chancellor, Emeritus Professor Deryck Schreuder, and the Headmaster of The King's School,
Dr Tim Hawkes.
When: August 26, beginning 6pm.
Where: MQ Uni, Building C10A (U@MQ Building) Floor 3
Parking: Free Parking in N3 (behind the Sport and Aquatic Centre) from 5pm onwards.
UTS: Library Markets Forum - Investigative Journalism: Firepower
Gerard Ryle, News Editor, Sydney Morning Herald, takes an informative and controversial look at the fuel conspiracy that fooled the world.
Firepower was a company that claimed to have invented a miracle pill that would make fuel last 20 per cent longer and at the same time eliminate all greenhouse gases. In this forum, Gerard Ryle, News Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald, will present an informative talk on the investors that were deceived and the conspiracy that is believed to have stretched from the Kremlin to the White House, aided by the Australian Government.
When: Thursday 6 August, 1-2pm
Where: UTS City campus, Blake Library, lecture room 4.g, level 4, cnr Quay St and Ultimo Rd, Haymarket
Cost: Free and guests are welcome to bring their lunch to the lecture
RSVP: No booking is required
UTSpeaks: Power to the people
Two internationally-acclaimed speakers review the way major political decisions are made that influence the spending of public money and impact the way we live.
With two internationally-acclaimed speakers, this public lecture reviews the way major political decisions are made that influence the spending of public money and impact the way we live. Drawing on case studies and research by the UTS Centre for the Study of Choice, it reveals simple ways that new internet-based technologies can be used by bureaucracies to understand the public mind and direct our taxes accordingly.
The free public lecture is presented by Jordan Louviere, Professor of Marketing and Executive Director of the UTS Centre for the Study of Choice, and Professor Richard Carson of the Department of Economics at the UC San Diego.
When: Wednesday 12 August, 6pm drinks for 6.30pm start
Where: UTS University Hall, Science building (opposite ABC), 745 Harris St, Ultimo
Cost: Free for alumni and friends
RSVP: By Tuesday 11 August to robert.button@uts.edu.au or phone (02) 9514 1734
UTS: Gallery's Fashioning Now exhibition
Fashioning Now: Changing the way we make and use clothes investigates the way in which clothing is produced, used and discarded. It will be on show at the UTS: Gallery until Saturday 29 August.
Fashioning Now: Changing the way we make and use clothes (supported by UTS: Alumni) investigates the way in which clothing is produced, used and discarded. It is an exhibition and accompanying symposium featuring innovative research projects from Australian and international practitioners.
Through a dynamic array of fashion garments, textile objects, photography, illustration and time-based media, Fashioning Now seeks to highlight the diversity of sustainable solutions currently being explored by designers, researchers and manufacturers, while predicting possible scenarios for a future fashion industry.
When: From Tuesday 28 July to Friday 28 August, 12-6pm
Where: UTS City campus, Level 4, 702 Harris St, Ultimo
Cost: Free
More info: www.utsgallery.uts.edu.au
Peter Singer: Climate change, eating meat and ending poverty
Online Lecture: Available here
MQ Vice-Chancellor's Inaugural Annual Lecture
From its ancient origins right up to the last century, it was taken for granted that the purpose of education was to build character. Moral education was considered necessary to rein in such evils as "unrestrained greed". But have modern universities abandoned their moral and character-building aims? Has higher education become a values-free zone?
Professor Steven Schwartz will examine these and related issues in his inaugural Annual Oration to be held at the University on August 26.
The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by author and journalist Jeff McMullen. The panel will feature media commentator Miranda Devine, historian and a former vice-chancellor, Emeritus Professor Deryck Schreuder, and the Headmaster of The King's School,
Dr Tim Hawkes.
When: August 26, beginning 6pm.
Where: MQ Uni, Building C10A (U@MQ Building) Floor 3
Parking: Free Parking in N3 (behind the Sport and Aquatic Centre) from 5pm onwards.
UTS: Library Markets Forum - Investigative Journalism: Firepower
Gerard Ryle, News Editor, Sydney Morning Herald, takes an informative and controversial look at the fuel conspiracy that fooled the world.
Firepower was a company that claimed to have invented a miracle pill that would make fuel last 20 per cent longer and at the same time eliminate all greenhouse gases. In this forum, Gerard Ryle, News Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald, will present an informative talk on the investors that were deceived and the conspiracy that is believed to have stretched from the Kremlin to the White House, aided by the Australian Government.
When: Thursday 6 August, 1-2pm
Where: UTS City campus, Blake Library, lecture room 4.g, level 4, cnr Quay St and Ultimo Rd, Haymarket
Cost: Free and guests are welcome to bring their lunch to the lecture
RSVP: No booking is required
UTSpeaks: Power to the people
Two internationally-acclaimed speakers review the way major political decisions are made that influence the spending of public money and impact the way we live.
With two internationally-acclaimed speakers, this public lecture reviews the way major political decisions are made that influence the spending of public money and impact the way we live. Drawing on case studies and research by the UTS Centre for the Study of Choice, it reveals simple ways that new internet-based technologies can be used by bureaucracies to understand the public mind and direct our taxes accordingly.
The free public lecture is presented by Jordan Louviere, Professor of Marketing and Executive Director of the UTS Centre for the Study of Choice, and Professor Richard Carson of the Department of Economics at the UC San Diego.
When: Wednesday 12 August, 6pm drinks for 6.30pm start
Where: UTS University Hall, Science building (opposite ABC), 745 Harris St, Ultimo
Cost: Free for alumni and friends
RSVP: By Tuesday 11 August to robert.button@uts.edu.au or phone (02) 9514 1734
UTS: Gallery's Fashioning Now exhibition
Fashioning Now: Changing the way we make and use clothes investigates the way in which clothing is produced, used and discarded. It will be on show at the UTS: Gallery until Saturday 29 August.
Fashioning Now: Changing the way we make and use clothes (supported by UTS: Alumni) investigates the way in which clothing is produced, used and discarded. It is an exhibition and accompanying symposium featuring innovative research projects from Australian and international practitioners.
Through a dynamic array of fashion garments, textile objects, photography, illustration and time-based media, Fashioning Now seeks to highlight the diversity of sustainable solutions currently being explored by designers, researchers and manufacturers, while predicting possible scenarios for a future fashion industry.
When: From Tuesday 28 July to Friday 28 August, 12-6pm
Where: UTS City campus, Level 4, 702 Harris St, Ultimo
Cost: Free
More info: www.utsgallery.uts.edu.au
Peter Singer: Climate change, eating meat and ending poverty
Online Lecture: Available here