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 research shows the impact of online classroom on learning

28 April 2020

Victoria University researchers are warning that Australian students will see a decline in learning as a result of moving to online schooling due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Opinion

How will the class of COVID-19 get into university?

28 April 2020

The Conversation: Several universities have announced they will accept students based on their year 11 results, but this is only a small response in a world experiencing enormous changes.

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Paper

Impact of learning from home for disadvantaged children

27 April 2020

Most schools across Australia were completely unprepared for the coronavirus (COVID-19) and for moving to virtual learning.

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Opinion

Australian universities could lose $19 billion in the next 3 years

17 April 2020

The Conversation: The university sector faces cumulative losses of up to A$19 billion over the next three years due to lost international student revenue.

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University sector faces losing up to $19 billion due to COVID-19

17 April 2020

New modelling shows that the university sector faces losing between $10 billion and $19 billion over the next three years from lost international student revenue.

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Report

Australian investment in education: Higher education

17 April 2020

This report analyses the funding trends of Australia's university sector over the past decade and includes modelling of the projected impact on international student revenue of the COVID-19 border closures.

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Opinion

Trade apprentices will help our post COVID-19 recovery. We need to do more to keep them in work

14 April 2020

The Conversation: The Australian government needs to urgently act to protect Australia’s 180,000 trade apprentices from the economic effects of the coronavirus.

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Opinion

Digital Divide: School closures increasing inequality

3 April 2020

With many Australians facing a potentially prolonged period of distance learning due to COVID-19 shutdowns, health vulnerabilities and social distancing requirements, schools, tertiary education providers...

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Opinion

Morrison has rescued childcare from COVID-19 collapse

3 April 2020

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced free childcare for more than one million families, with a funding boost that aims to keep more than 13,000 childcare services across Australia open.

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