An Evening with Dr Ben Levin - Wednesday, 7th March 2012 - Brisbane

Dear colleagues,

Improving our schools: What we know and what we need to do.

The Queensland University of Technology, the Australian College of Educators and the Australian Education Union will be sponsoring an evening (6.00pm - 7.30pm)  with Dr Ben Levin on Wednesday, 7^th March 2012 to be held at the QUT.

Here are the details of the new venue for Dr Ben Levin's presentation. Attached is also the map of the Gardens Point campus and the link to the website follows:

http://www.gardenstheatre.qut.edu.au/contact/

QUT Gardens Theatre

Gardens Point campus

2 George Street

Brisbane

Please note that during March access to Gardens Theatre may be temporarily restricted due to paving works being carried out at the Gardens Point campus. Guests should follow directional signage when visiting Gardens Theatre.

Some background information on Dr. Levin is contained below.

Dr Ben Levin 
Ben Levin holds a Canada Research Chair in Education Leadership and Policy at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. He has managed to combine an extensive career as a senior civil servant in education with a strong track record as a researcher and academic. He has been a senior manager in government on several occasions, including serving as deputy minister (director general) for education in two Canadian provinces; Manitoba from 1999 to 2002 and Ontario from 2004 to 2007. During the latter period, student achievement and teacher morale both rose significantly in Ontario. As an academic, he has directed numerous research projects and published four books and more than 150 articles in a wide range of publications around the world. He does extensive international work and his writing has been translated into Russian, Chinese and Turkish. His current research interests concern research-policy practice linkages, large-scale change, and equity and poverty issues.