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
Report

International Students Critical to Coronavirus Recovery

16 June 2020

International students are critical to Australia, contributing billions to our economy and enriching our social fabric. This paper highlights the impact of a collapse in international student numbers due to COVID-19.

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Opinion

International students make up more than 30% of population in some Australian suburbs

15 June 2020

A Mitchell Institute report has estimated the proportion of international students in various Australian suburbs, and how much they contribute to the local economy.

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Opinion

Number of Australia's vulnerable children is set to double as COVID-19 takes its toll

7 June 2020

The Conversation: Three quarters of a million Australian children are likely to be experiencing employment stress in the family as a result of COVID-19.

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News

Children living in employment stressed households double

7 June 2020

The number of Australian children considered at risk due to employment stress in the family has likely doubled to 1.4 million children this quarter, according to new Mitchell Institute modelling.

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Report

COVID-19, employment stress & student vulnerability

7 June 2020

A new report by the Mitchell Institute has found the number of potentially vulnerable children in Australia will increase significantly as a result of COVID-19 related unemployment and underemployment.

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Report

New modelling warns youth unemployment will skyrocket as apprenticeships disappear

29 May 2020

New modelling from the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University estimates 130,000 fewer new apprenticeships and traineeships will be offered as a result of the economic fallout from COVID-19.

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Report

Impact of COVID-19 on apprentices & trainees

29 May 2020

The Mitchell Institute estimates new apprenticeships/traineeships will decline by 30% within two years.

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Opinion

We can’t just go back to ‘normal’ childcare funding

21 May 2020

The Conversation: The federal government's early childhood education and care sector relief package is far from perfect. It has helped most early childhood services but not all.

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News

$5.5 million project to tackle disadvantage in Melbourne’s west

20 May 2020

Victoria University received a $5.5 million grant to fund a new community-based research program aimed at improving education opportunities and health of children and young people in lower socioeconomic communities.

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