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School leavers, listen up – it’s okay not to know what you want to do in life.
How to shift the political landscape from the classroom.
Labor’s policy does, however, fail to commit to long-term funding for universal access to preschool education.
Education does help to grow the economy, but research highlights some severe limitations.
Indian artists such as Bhupen Khakhar may be gaining international acclaim, but more is needed to help build and maintain a strong infrastructure for artists at home.
What makes people decide to leave the gang, and how can you convince them to stay?
The government has had to make many u-turns of late and that’s unlikely to change now.
A great deal of thinking about Cuba’s education system originated from one man. So who was José Martí, and what can his ideas about values education teach other countries?
The idea of family is still undergoing fundamental change, but progress towards an egalitarian era may be hamstrung by class and wealth.
Our education system fails to amplify students’ creativity and interest in learning. To continue along the current path is increasingly unscientific, unjustifiable and plain dull.
Xi Jinping is spearheading an extraordinary bid to dominate the world’s favourite sport. But will he take the Chinese people with him?
The path to employment is not easy for a young person. Follow the lines in our flow chart to see the many different pathways young people might have to take to secure a job.
Some believe children who are first-generation learners with illiterate parents are not capable of greatness. But some of the cleverest, most committed and most creative children come from slum areas.
Victoria’s big-spending budget will fund education and services, but infrastructure is the big winner.
In future, we’ll all need to be a little more like Leonardo da Vinci.
Writer and social commentator Jane Caro told Q&A that Australia has one of the most unequal education systems in the OECD. Is that right?
The federal government has argued consistently that more money does not lead to better educational outcomes. But is that right?
Many middle-class parents buy classical CDs because it is supposed to make their kids clever. But a jazz-loving academic has started using her favourite genre in early childhood learning.
South Africa’s labour market suffers from high unemployment. Reform of the education system may provide the only long-term sustainable solution to the problem.
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Adjunct associate professor, Southern Cross University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer, Murdoch University
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor – Information & Communication Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia
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Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Derby
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Management Consultant & Occasional Lecturer in Management & Economics, CQUniversity Australia
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
