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New South Wales September Update
On the back of some invigorating (but ultimately bloodless) debates on the future of Australia’s tertiary sector, the Left Right team in NSW has been busy working with our Fellows to settle on a focus point for the Fellowship program.
Recognising the long term benefits of the development of a knowledge economy in Australia, the Left Right team in NSW will be asking the central question of how Australia is developing as a knowledge economy, by investigating and furthering the development of the tertiary education sector.
With this in mind, and under the tutelage of our dynamic policy duo, Sanija Hrncic & Abhishek Bhovar, the NSW Fellows will take an in depth look at the tertiary sector from where it stands today, to pivotal reforms already underway; as well as the direction that needs to be taken in order to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Debates around access to equity, preparation for entry to University, and the quality and inflation of education are just the top soil of a program aimed at developing a critical framework for maximising the potential of the Australian tertiary sector.
On a slightly different note, the skies above Sydney were temporarily darkened last month as our State Director, Giancarlo de Vera, was rendered mute and sartorically deprived (in a literal and semiotic sense) — all to raise money for World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine. We were shocked when we heard that Giancarlo, always impeccably (read: flamboyantly) dressed and a well known motor mouth had put himself through two days of such abject torture. However, luckily, with the official support of the NSW/ACT VGen (World Vision’s Youth Movement), he made it through to the other side and in the process has so far raised an extremely impressive $895 dollars! He’s taking donations until the end of the month so jump onto the Facebook event below, or his 40 Hour Famine profile page, and help him reach his $1000 target!