





The Boyer Lectures is a series of talks, broadcast on ABC Radio National, by prominent Australians chosen by the ABC board to present ideas on major social, scientific or cultural issues.
In 2010, the University of Melbourne’s vice chancellor, Professor Glyn Davis, brings his experience as an academic and political commentator to bear in his lecture series entitled The Republic of Learning: Higher Education Transforms Australia.
Professor Glyn Davis is Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Melbourne. He wrote The Australian Policy Handbook and co-chaired the Australia 2020 Summit with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.