Muslim Students at Australian Universities - Access, Inclusion and Success Conference

On 3-4 September 2007, Equity and Diversity hosted the first national conference to discuss issues relating Muslim students.

This inaugural Muslim Students at Australian Universities - Acess, Inclusion and Success Conference was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Parramatta and was attended by over 170 people. Present at the conference were representatives from Australian and Indonesian universities, Commonwealth and State Government departments, the Muslim community, TAFE and secondary schools, student associations and student support services.

Conference Documents

• Conference Program
• List of Conference Participants
• Paper Summaries

Individual Conference Papers

• Dr Tanveer Ahmed - Is Education and Work Enough for Integration?
• Dr Christine Asmar - The Power of Research: Findings from surveys of Muslim university students in Australia and the United States
• Dr Krystof Batorowicz - Dealing with Religious Diversity within Universities
• Professor Gary Bouma - The challenge of Religious Diversity and Revitalisation to the Secularity of Australian Universities
• Dr Hass Dellal - Views from the Muslim Youth Summits Local/International Students
• Patrick Dodson - Key Note Address
• Christie Elemam - Distance Education and the Muslim Student
• Laurie Ferguson - Barriers to Full Access, Inclusion and Success
• Naushad Ilahee - Developing Young Muslim Leaders
• Inaz Janif - Developing Young Muslim Leaders
• Dr Nina Maadad - Social Acceptance as a Key to Successful Integration
• Dr Sudibyo Markus - Education and Multiculturalism. A Muhammadiyah Case Study
• Nesrine Mojaled - Developing Young Muslim Leaders
• Dr Thu Nguyen-Hoan - The Government Role in Dismantling of the Barriers
• Dr Farhad Reza - Sharing our achievements: Symposiums on Australian Muslims
• Dr Rosemary Suliman - Young People from Arabic-speaking background
• Dr Ali White - Muslim University Students in Australia - an inside view 
• Ass Prof Joseph Zajda - Living Together: Globalisation, Education and Intercultural Dialogue
• Dr Zuleyka Zevallos - The Hijab as Social Tool

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