Why the higher education reforms need to be independently overseen
Pyne V Carr: Will higher education reform become a 2017 election issue?
18th November 2014
Peter Noonan asks whether the higher education reform process will stretch out into the next election cycle.
An uneasy relationship: Choice & equity in education
17th November 2014
Bronwyn Hinz highlights why allowing choice in the education system can impact on equity outcomes.
We’re still talking about tertiary education reform
29th October 2014
When governments unleashed the demand-driven system in our universities, its designers knew that the higher education reform job was not over.
On Allan Gyngell & the role of think tanks
23rd October 2014
The Mitchell Institute blog is a place where we will share our ideas, express opinions, test thoughts about our emerging policy thinking and generally talk about the things that are exciting us.
We need powerful learning & a flexible curriculum
14th October 2014
As a former writer of national curriculum in the early ‘90s, I have a sense of déjà vu as I hear and participate in the same debates and discussion over the release of the latest review.
Renewing school federalism: Getting the settings right
10th October 2014
Riddled by unhelpful duplication, stagnating performance, growing inequities, poor investment and limited cooperation, schooling is often cited as an example of what is wrong with Australia’s federal system.