Publications

In The Conversation (7.7.15) Richard Holden and Rosalind Dixon discuss the effect of university fees on student choices. ‘There has been much comment about fee deregulation

ACER Report by Lyndsay Connors and Jim McMorrow: ‘The authors argue that cumulative political compromises have left Australia with a hybrid school system which is inequitable

Glenn Savage (The Conversation, 9.7.15) considers a leaked discussion paper from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet that advanced ‘radical ideas for reforming school

‘We should be concerned about … ongoing blurring of the boundaries of secular education and the increasing access to schools being given to religious groups, such as

Professor Carol Nicolls suggests that academics and postgraduate students in education should be consciously positioned to influence current and future policy.  Through their research they could

John Birmingham writes in the Brisbane Times (23.6.15): ‘Usually the debate about public funding of schools revolves around the taxes taken from the working poor and delivered

Alarm bells have been ringing since the leaking of a paper (not yet a Green Paper, and certainly not a White one) which, inter alia, suggests

In the first of a series of articles on higher education in The Conversation, Nick Parr discusses examines the demographics of university participation: who goes to

Christopher Peterson (The Conversation 20.5.15) suggests that Richard Hil’s Selling Students Short: Why You Won’t Get the Education You Deserve  ‘is a timely exposé of the difficult conditions facing

Conor King (The Conversation, 14.4.15) suggests that it is time to explore the various options for higher education charges. ‘Important to such discussions is a better

In the Weekend Conversation (11.4.15) Hannah Forsyth discusses the Group of Eight’s recent decision to stop supporting deregulation… ‘Sort of. That is to say, the still

In The Conversation (7.4.15) Dr Chris Salisbury asks what happens next if the federal government argues that increasing financial pressures impacting on the May budget entitle it