The past twenty years have seen explosive growth in universities. At the same time, vocational education and training faced a tsunami of financial challenges and poorly-implemented policies. This paper seeks to uncover the causes of ‘degree inflation’ and what can be done about it.

This technical paper demonstrates reliable assessment data across several learning domains is possible through data linkage and allows for analyses on how academic achievement across multiple stages of schooling influences a young person’s life course.

This paper provides an overview of school education in New South Wales, the major challenges it faces and the reforms that have been implemented to address those challenges.

This publication draws on the body of research compiled at The New Zealand Initiative over the past decade to bring together a coherent plan to improve the New Zealand's education system.

This report provides a full picture of small and specialist institutions in the United Kingdom. Written for policy-makers, regulators and strategists, it shows how the sector should work at the right scale for students, for industry, and for academic results.