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This 'moonshot' story zooms across the tumultuous formative years of Foundation Studies at Trinity College. Affiliated with the University of Melbourne, Trinity was penurious in the 1980s until a bold band of alumni, with a willing Warden, unleashed a brave plan to establish a pathway for international students to the University of Melbourne. The University Dream portrays the ups and downs in the first ten years of this truly entrepreneurial startup. It is a story of determined individuals and high calibre institutions; of co-operation and commitment; of vision and discipline; of a program…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
This 'moonshot' story zooms across the tumultuous formative years of Foundation Studies at Trinity College. Affiliated with the University of Melbourne, Trinity was penurious in the 1980s until a bold band of alumni, with a willing Warden, unleashed a brave plan to establish a pathway for international students to the University of Melbourne. The University Dream portrays the ups and downs in the first ten years of this truly entrepreneurial startup. It is a story of determined individuals and high calibre institutions; of co-operation and commitment; of vision and discipline; of a program with a philosophy, and an organisation with a focus. Above all, it is a story about 'the courage to go', displayed over thirty years by more than twenty thousand teenagers who left their homelands in Asia to travel to Australia to pursue their dream of a degree from the University of Melbourne by enrolling at Trinity, completing Foundation Studies, and going on to complete their degrees.
Autorenporträt
Dr Denis White, currently Director of Stride Advisory, was Executive Director of the Trinity Education Centre and the Trinity College Foundation Studies Program from 1991 to 1998. He had previously been speechwriter to Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, and Director of the Prime Minister's Private Office; chair of the Committee of Wardens, Warden of Deakin Hall, and senior lecturer in Politics at Monash University; tutor in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne; tutor in Philosophy, tutor in Political Science, and tutor librarian at Queens College at the University of Melbourne; Visiting Scholar at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, UK. White holds a Doctor of Philosophy, an MA and a BA (Hons), all from the University of Melbourne. He also completed a Graduate Certificate in Applied Science at Charles Sturt University.His publications include: 'The World of Man' (Kindle Ebook), 'Malcolm Fraser on Australia' (joint author), 'The Philosophy of the Australian Liberal Party', 'Fraser in Office', and 'A Strategic Plan for the Current Australian Crisis' in the December 2020 issue of Quadrant.Married and with three sons, White enjoys gardening and producing extra virgin olive oil.