Mitchell Institute

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.

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Educational Opportunity 2020: landmark study reveals entrenched educational inequality

28 October 2020

Australia’s education system is failing up to one in three children and young people, according to the first major study to assess progress against our current national education goals.

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Reports

Self-care for health: a national policy blueprint

7 October 2020

Self-care for health: a national policy blueprint was developed in collaboration with a network of health, self-care and policy experts, including consumers, health professionals and leading academics.

Averting an escalating labour market crisis in Australia: A proposed national job cadet program

3 October 2020

New report shows Australia should create a national job cadet program to help young people into work and avert the employment crisis facing young people.

New report offers solutions to Australia’s mental healthcare crisis

22 September 2020

The Nowhere else to go: why Australia’s health system results in people with mental illness getting ‘stuck’ in emergency departments report has reaffirmed the systemic issues contributing to the mental health crisis.