This report calls for an increase in the links between regional and metropolitan institutions through Category 1 university partnerships and linkages in educational research.

Australia has the third most expensive education system in the OECD, but we might not be getting what we pay for, writes Megan O'Connell.

With higher education in the spotlight and legislation before the federal parliament, the Whitlam Institute has released this paper, which offers a bold and personal account of how universities have ‘fallen from grace.'

This report addresses the needs of a range of users - from governments seeking to learn policy lessons to the general public wanting to monitor how its country’s schools are progressing in producing world-class students.

This issues paper describes the context and objectives of the review to achieve educational excellence, and poses a series of questions intended to stimulate thinking around how success can be defined and measured, what can be done to improve and how ongoing improvement can be supported.