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• Margaret Trask, AM: 27 April 1928-19 November 2002

  - 2004-02-01

  LIKE MOST OF US, MARGARET HAD TWO LIVES: A PRIVATE, AND A PUBLIC ONE. Margaret revealed her inner self to few but her public life is a matter of record. What follows is a broad outline of her; career in order to give some background to the more detailed contributions...

  Tags: Australia, CAREER, education, librarian, University of New South Wales

• Guest editorial

  - 2004-02-01

  OVER THE COURSE OF HER LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER, Margaret Trask was involved intimately, creatively and in many cases for extensive periods with nearly every aspect of Australian librarianship. Latterly as a member of the Council of the University of Technology, Sydney and as its deputy chancellor, she was also...

  Tags: Australia, CAREER, education, Sydney, University of New South Wales

• Margaret Trask AM BA, MLib, FLAA

  - 2002-11-01

  As this issue of the journal was going to press, word came in that Margaret Trask had died: a future issue will contain a fuller account of Margaret's life and her immense contribution to the Association and the profession. With permission, we publish here the citation for the award to...

  Tags: Australia, chancellor, citation, education, Leadership, University of New South Wales

• Education at heart of rich-poor divide.

  - 2002-10-01

  Oct 01, 2002 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Complex issues of demography and population are being discussed in Australia. Gavin Jones is a key speaker at a conference at the University of New South Wales. Jones, a demography professor from Canberra, will look...

  Tags: Australia, education, inequality, University of New South Wales

• Class action.

  - 2001-09-18

  Sep 25, 2001 The Bulletin ABIX via COMTEX -- Economic rationalism has adversely affected higher education in Australia. The introduction of the Higher Education Charge HECS in the late 1980s was part of a drive to promote vocational courses as opposed to the...

  Tags: Australia, education, University of New South Wales