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Archive of Vice-Chancellor's monthly column, Ancora Imparo

2009

April 2009

In the April edition of Ancora Imparo Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses Federal Government funding of universities in Australia saying that even though universities have done well in the recent past, they could deliver so much more for the prosperity of Australia and its environment if they were properly funded.

March 2009

In the March Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Richard Larkins discusses the impact of the bushfires upon the Monash community. One staff member and one student lost their lives, others lost friends and relatives. But Monash performed its hosting duties well in Gippsland, and we saw our pioneering work in Indonesia rewarded with a return visit of Indonesian experts on disaster victim identification.

February 2009

In the February Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses recent Federal Government funding for universities and the release of the Cutler Review of Innovation and the Bradley Review of Higher Education and what these mean for Australian universities.

2008

November 2008

In the November Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses budget setting for 2009, Monash successes in grant funding and the launch of the Monash Passport.

October 2008

In the October Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the launch of the Monash Passport model and the University's role in the Australian University Games.

September 2008

In the September Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses a growing shortage of high quality academic staff across the university sector, and the launch of a new performance development program for academic staff.

August 2008

In the August Ancora Imparo Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the international activities that epitomise the breadth of Monash's international engagement.

July 2008

In July's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the budget process for 2009 and a push for universities to receive more funding from Government so they continue to be internationally competitive.

June 2008

In June's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins reflects on the achievements of the University in the five decades since its creation.

May 2008

In May's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins says academic freedom comes with its obligations.

April 2008

In April's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the priorities for the University over the next five years.

March 2008

In March's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the first graduate ceremonies for 2008, the start of the teaching year and the positive signs for Monash as we head into our 50th year.

February 2008

In February's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the many recent successes of the University and looks forward to our jubilee year.

2007

December 2007 - video editon

In December's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the many highlights at Monash University in 2007 and challenges ahead.

November 2007 - video editon

In November's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the major parties' election commitments for universities.

October 2007 - video editon

In this month's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses highlights at Monash during September.

September 2007 - video editon

In this month's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Richard Larkins discusses highlights from his State of the University address.

August 2007 - video editon

In this month's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Richard Larkins discusses the commitments Monash University has made to reduce its energy consumption.

July 2007

In this month's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Richard Larkins discusses the appointment of chief fundraising volunteer Trevor O'Hoy.

June 2007

In this month's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Richard Larkins discusses the Federal Budget and its implication for universities.

May 2007

In this month's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Richard Larkins discusses annual faculty visits by the Vice-Chancellor's Group.

April 2007

In this month's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Richard Larkins discusses issues around equal opportunity in the workplace and how Monash University has been awarded the 2007 Employer of Choice for Women.

March 2007

In this month's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Richard Larkins informs us of how Monash seeks to tackle research priorities and funding as it develops its position as a global eduction provider.

February 2007

In his first column for 2007, Vice-Chancellor Richard Larkins explores optimal education choices as a means of addressing the ever changing skills demand of the modern workplace.

2006

December 2006

In his final column for the year, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins looks back over this year’s achievements and looks ahead to the challenges in 2007.

November 2006

In this month's column, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the university's performance in research and teaching.

October 2006

In this month's column, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the importance of Monash's budget for 2007.

September 2006

In this month's column, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the AUQA audit process and gives a progress report on the University's budget process for 2007.

August 2006

In this month's column, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the importance of general staff to the university community.

July 2006

In this month's column, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses Melbourne University's new educational model and Monash's future plans.

June 2006

In this month's column, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses his recent visit to Israel and that country's successes in research commercialisation.

May 2006

In this month's column, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the Melbourne-Monash Protocol, a collaboration between Monash and the University of Melbourne.

April 2006

In this month's column, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses Monash's latest institute, university infrastructure, student services and the research quality framework.

March 2006

In this month's column, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses Monash's international positioning and the opportunities presented by China and India.

February 2006

In this month's column, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) audit and the Research Quality Framework.

2005

November 2005

In this month's column, vice-chancellor Professor Richard Larkins reflects on the university's research and teaching performance throughout 2005.

October 2005

In this month's column, vice-chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the university's enterprise agreement, voluntary student unionism and recent achievements.

September 2005

In this month's column, vice-chancellor Professor Richard Larkins reports on developments at the university's Malaysian and South African campuses.

August 2005

In this month's column vice-chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses Monash's performance in learning and teaching.

July 2005

In this month's column the vice-chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the benefits and challenges that arise from the university's multi-campus structure.

June 2005

In this month's column the vice-chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the university's research successes, industrial relations, student unionism and the need for Monash to improve its performance in teaching and learning.

May 2005

In this month's column the vice-chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the industrial relations changes the university is required to implement to qualify for increases under the Commonwealth Grant Scheme.

April 2005

In his column this month the vice-chancellor discusses the academic audit in 2006 by the Australian Universities Quality Agency.

March 2005

In his column this month the vice-chancellor lends his support to the continuation of compulsory student unionism.

February 2005

The vice-chancellor Professor Richard Larkins now has a monthly column in Monash Memo. This first column discusses the Monash Directions 2025 document.