The Australian - EU policy dialogue on Skills, Innovation and Growth, kicked off in a gentle manner as Australians were introduced, some heavy hitters on our side..Robine Shreeve, Mr Skills Australia, Tony McKay roving Eductaion guru on teacher quality and our facilitator today, Steven Schwartz, VC Macquarie Uni, (put in a good word for Gabi my daughter a student at Macquarie) and various DIIRSTE and DEEWR bureaucrats who are Europe based, the Agent General for Qld..we still have one.. an amiable Ken Smith, ex PM and C head Qld post KRudd, his wife an old warrior from the women's unit in education and training in the 90s, mates with Kaye Schofield, another roving educrat over here, now working for AusAid on their education strategy. So it is a small small world. Team Europe had its share of UK professors, the EU head honcho on Education, OECD reps and others...the day veered dangerously towards the higher education agenda and the future world of online learning. Below is my reflection moment over a coffee in the Cafe Metropole, at the forum venue, a Belle Époque cafe with good coffee..hard to find on this trip...believe it or not...forget PISA..we lead the world in good coffee, drink in or take away..shame we can't replicate the settings...
The Australian - EU policy dialogue on Skills, Innovation and Growth, kicked off in a gentle manner as Australians were introduced, some heavy hitters on our side..Robine Shreeve, Mr Skills Australia, Tony McKay roving Eductaion guru on teacher quality and our facilitator today, Steven Schwartz, VC Macquarie Uni, (put in a good word for Gabi my daughter a student at Macquarie) and various DIIRSTE and DEEWR bureaucrats who are Europe based, the Agent General for Qld..we still have one.. an amiable Ken Smith, ex PM and C head Qld post KRudd, his wife an old warrior from the women's unit in education and training in the 90s, mates with Kaye Schofield, another roving educrat over here, now working for AusAid on their education strategy. So it is a small small world. Team Europe had its share of UK professors, the EU head honcho on Education, OECD reps and others...the day veered dangerously towards the higher education agenda and the future world of online learning. Below is my reflection moment over a coffee in the Cafe Metropole, at the forum venue, a Belle Époque cafe with good coffee..hard to find on this trip...believe it or not...forget PISA..we lead the world in good coffee, drink in or take away..shame we can't replicate the settings...
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