Mitchell Institute and Victoria University logos

The Mitchell Institute for Education and Health Policy at Victoria University is one of the country's leading education and health policy think tanks and trusted thought leaders.

Latest

A person sleeps on a bed next to a sleep tracker app on their phone, which is displaying data.
Opinion

Is tracking your sleep a good idea?

18 November 2022

If you have trouble falling asleep or getting a good night’s sleep, it seems intuitive to work harder to solve the problem by using some of the sleep apps, bracelets and oth

assets/arrow-long Created with Sketch.
Plane at Melbourne airport.
Opinion

Return of international students highlights increasing gaps between universities

3 November 2022

Data shows international students are returning to Australia, but this growth is not shared equally around the university sector.

assets/arrow-long Created with Sketch.
A healthcare worker with a patient.
Media release

New plan to increase life span for people living with serious mental illness

3 October 2022

Evidence and policy recommendations to improve the physical health care and life span of people living with serious mental illness is featured in a new Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) special supplement.

assets/arrow-long Created with Sketch.

Featured

Educational opportunity in Australia 2020: Who succeeds and who misses out?

This report shows large gaps in educational opportunity from early childhood through to adulthood. Students’ postcode and their family’s resources consistently linked to success on key indicators.

assets/arrow-long Created with Sketch.
More than a third of us live in areas with severe childcare shortages, study finds | 7.30 - Transcript

Mitchell Institute research on the ABC

In the first research of its kind in Australia, the Mitchell Institute has examined access to childcare in over 50,000 neighbourhoods across the country.