The Finnish education model: stop romanticising, start doing
Is the Finnish education model just another example of Nordic exceptionalism, or does it offer something more? Jessica Tang explores.
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Income share agreements: the student debt crisis and the developing world
Selling stock in yourself and using your talent as collateral to cover the rising costs of education? Joel Fernando takes a look at an idea known as income share agreements and their potential applications today and in the future.
Wasting your ATAR
Nick Henderson looks back on past mistakes, and considers how we might better prepare school-leavers for their academic and professional futures
Federal Election 2019: A primer on education policy
Want to know what each major party has to say about education? Chris Craig breaks it down.
How much should politicians be paid? (Part 1 of 2)
Are countries getting it right when it comes to politicians’ salaries? In this two-part series, Hasitha Jayatilake explores the merits to increasing pay and benefits for lawmakers.
From student to tutor: The VCE tutor marketplace
They’ve topped the VCE and now they’re competing to be the top tutors. Jasmine Nguyen examines how millennial former-students-turned-educators are changing the dynamics of the VCE private tutoring market.
Gonski 2.0: Turnbull’s Great Heist
The announcement of the Turnbull Government’s intention to commit to a massive increase in funding for Australian schools has upturned Australian politics. Andrew Wong explores the ramifications of ‘Gonski 2.0’.
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Elijah reflects on three and a half years of economics, and what it has meant to him.
Formulating the education agenda: an algebraic approach
2015 was set as the deadline for the Education For All and Millennium Development Goals. Kathryn St. John gives her assessment and offers a road-map moving forward.
Economics: An elite subject soon only available in elite universities?
Economics programs are not in good health, and this could have wide-reaching consequences. John Lodewijks explains.
Your economics education: how to travel the path to enlightenment, rather than the road to hell
Ten critical pieces of advice for all new economics students, from academic Gigi Foster.