The Mitchell Institute monitors the performance of Australia's education system, with a specific focus on developing and advocating for policies that reduce inequality.

Our work identifies who is experiencing reduced opportunities in education, the factors driving inequality and the policy solutions that will provide greater opportunities for all young people to succeed in education and their life beyond.

Key contacts

Peter Hurley
Director, Mitchell Institute
News

New report strengthens calls for education shake up

27 July 2017

Independent education policy think tank, Mitchell Institute at Victoria University, said the latest report by Foundation for Young Australians strengthens calls to transform education in Australia.

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Opinion

The current and future landscape for tertiary education funding

26 July 2017

Tertiary education in Australia is at a crossroads with major decisions currently in train.

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Opinion

Reforms needed to better engage school students

17 July 2017

Counting the costs of lost opportunity in Australian education finds that for the 2014 group of 24- year-olds who weren’t earning or learning and remain that way for much of their adult lives.

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VET Education, Mitchell Institute
Opinion

What Australia could learn from Hong Kong and Singapore about rebuilding VET

29 June 2017

Australia has gone from VET leader and innovator in the Asia-Pacific region, to scandal and cutbacks. Professor Peter Noonan from the Mitchell Institute writes how Asia has leaped ahead.

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Opinion

Australia is still lagging on some aspects of early childhood education

23 June 2017

The OECD’s latest Starting Strong report provides an update on early childhood education opportunities across the developed world, and a fresh insight into how Australian children are faring.

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News

New OECD report strengthens call for two years of preschool

23 June 2017

New international findings reveal the biggest boost to high school student performance is occurring in countries with at least two years of high quality, universal preschool.

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Opinion

Australian HE reforms need further vetting

22 June 2017

Demand-driven funding in higher education but not vocational education will distort both provision and student choice, says Peter Noonan.

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Opinion

Leaving school early means you’re likely never to return to study & training in adult life

15 June 2017

One in eight Australians will never get Year 12 qualifications. Some make up the one in eight Australians who will be disengaged from full-time work, study or training for most of their lives.

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Fact sheet

Preschool programs for three year olds

15 June 2017

Effective and high quality preschool programs for 3 year olds are developmentally appropriate and designed around the way 3 year olds learn best.

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