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Private VET providers corner share of booming market
Private Vocational and Education Training (VET) providers are often ill-equipped to respond to the needs of young early school leavers, new research shows.
Government: When enough is enough
The size of government in Australia is no bigger than average but some fear the nanny state is taking over, say University of Melbourne experts
Watch the video: The verdict on ESOC 2015
Watch the video: The key takeouts for three University of Melbourne academics from the Economic and Social Outlook Conference 2015.
Governments have lost the art of involving the people
South Australia is developing a new range of tools that involve people in making public decisions.
ESOC 2015: Replay our blog
Live updates from the 2015 Economic and Social Outlook Conference
In praise of technocracy: Why Australia must imitate Singapore
Could the island state inspire Australia to try a promising new variant of government? Doug Hendrie makes the case in an extract from Meanjin, Spring 2015.
First recipient of new Master’s degree
Meet the First Graduate of the Melbourne School of Government’s Master of Public Administration.
When experts get it spectacularly wrong
Relying on expert judgement is a risky but necessary business, requiring the right tools ... and the right experts, says a University of Melbourne expert.