Dean's Forum with Professor Yuli Tamir, former Israeli Education Minister
15:15 - 16:30, 09 May 2014
A special event for MPP students
Professor Yuli Tamir, former Israeli Education Minister, will be joining us to discuss her experiences in implementing social reform.
Professor Tamir will be reflecting on the sweeping changes she brought in to the national education system in Israel. This will be a fantastic opportunity to probe Professor Tamir on how to balance competing views and interests to drive forward reforms.
About Professor Yuli Tamir
Professor Yael (Yuli Tamir) is President of Shenkar College. She was Minister of Education in the Israeli government from 2006-2009 and Minister for Migrant Absorption from 1999-2001. She has also served as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, and on the Education, Finance and Foreign Affairs committees. The author of Liberal-Nationalism and numerous articles, she was a founding member of the Israeli ‘Peace Now’ movement.