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Education and Skills

It is vital that Australia's education system exposes all sides of the important political issues to young people, and gives them the skills to participate in the modern world. However, many schools and universities are turning their back on free speech, and are indoctrinating children with political dogma. Here you will find our research on restoring freedom to education.
Opinion
Sex And Gender In The British Empire, Anyone?

Sex And Gender In The British Empire, Anyone?

Bella d'Abrera 28 October 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

In 440 BC, the Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus broke with tradition by collecting primary sources and then systematically and critically arranging them into a narrative. In doing so, he...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Highlights of Dr Bella d’Abrera on The Young IPA Podcast

Highlights of Dr Bella d’Abrera on The Young IPA Podcast

James Bolt and Peter Gregory 25 October 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

On the IPA’s latest report The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit of History Teaching at Australian Universities “Personally I think [these subjects] don’t belong in history faculties. They are...

Opinion
Our Universities Value Identity Politics Over Western Civilisation — And Here’s The Proof

Our Universities Value Identity Politics Over Western Civilisation — And Here’s The Proof

Gideon Rozner 23 October 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

The IPA’s report, The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit of History Teaching at Australian Universities in 2017, written by Bella d’Abrera, has received a strong reaction since its release last...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Opinion
Left Is Parading Social Science As History

Left Is Parading Social Science As History

Bella d'Abrera 17 October 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

The history and substance of Western civilisation that are essential to understanding our present and shaping our future are not being taught to history undergraduates. Instead, the focus of a...

Originally appeared in The Australian
Media Releases
The Rise Of Identity Politics: History In Australian Universities

The Rise Of Identity Politics: History In Australian Universities

Bella d'Abrera 17 October 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

History undergraduates are not being taught about the history and substance of Western Civilisation, according to a new Institute of Public Affairs report The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit...

Research Papers
The Rise Of Identity Politics: An Audit Of History Teaching At Australian Universities In 2017

The Rise Of Identity Politics: An Audit Of History Teaching At Australian Universities In 2017

Bella d'Abrera 17 October 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

This is a systematic review of all 746 history undergraduate courses taught in 2017 at the 35 Australian universities which offer history as a program of study. The main findings of The Rise of...

Sydney Uni Taking Us To Year Zero, Dr Bella d’Abrera Tells Young IPA Podcast

Sydney Uni Taking Us To Year Zero, Dr Bella d’Abrera Tells Young IPA Podcast

James Bolt 10 October 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

The IPA’s Dr Bella d’Abrera joined The Young IPA Podcast to discuss her recent article in the Daily Telegraph on the University of Sydney’s ‘Unlearn Campaign’. Here’s what she had to say: “They...

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Unlearning Civilisation

Unlearning Civilisation

Bella d'Abrera 6 October 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

Australia’s oldest and most prestigious institution of higher education, the University of Sydney, has reached an all- time low. In a remarkable act of institutional suicide, the university...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
Opinion
Australia’s Universities Are Failing To Protect Free Speech

Australia’s Universities Are Failing To Protect Free Speech

Matthew Lesh 3 October 2017 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

Academic freedom is increasingly under threat on Australian campuses, and widespread speech codes leave universities unprepared to combat the danger. The latest threat comes from a new source...

Originally appeared in ABC News
Opinion
Teachers As Activists

Teachers As Activists

Bella d'Abrera 29 August 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

Earlier this month, parents at Forestville Public School in the Northern beaches were invited to watch their children perform in a play entitled ‘Australia –You’re Standing in It’. Much of the...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Opinion
Taxpayers Notes: Wasting Millions On Humanities Grants

Taxpayers Notes: Wasting Millions On Humanities Grants

Bella d'Abrera 17 June 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

This month, a number of university departments across Australia will be filled with the sound of popping corks and clinking glasses, as 91 jubilant Future Fellows and their colleagues celebrate...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

Killing The University

Bella d'Abrera 2 June 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

In March, the University of Melbourne Student Union ran an “intersectional and student-led workshop around the ways in which privilege and unconscious bias permeate tutorials and...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Finance and Economics
Breaking the Complacency

Breaking the Complacency

James Bolt Started 1 June 2017 Education and skills, Finance and economics,

Americans have stopped taking risks. James Bolt discovers what this bizarre trend means for the future. Have Americans stopped taking risks? This is the question pondered by economist Tyler Cowen...

Education and Skills
A Sense of Scale: Why We Still Need Liberal Education

A Sense of Scale: Why We Still Need Liberal Education

Kevin Donnelly Started 1 June 2017 Education and skills, Ideas and liberty,

As the left exerts more and more control over our education system, we need to stand up for traditional liberal education, writes Dr Kevin Donnelly. In order to survive and prosper, cultures must...

Why Should Everyone Else Pay For Your Expensive University Degree?

John Slater 3 May 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

Australian students have the immense privilege of being able to attend a world-class university regardless of their bank balance, or family background. And that will continue under the...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
Opinion
Campus Censorship Ratchets Up

Campus Censorship Ratchets Up

Matthew Lesh 16 March 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

Free intellectual inquiry is under serious threat at universities across the Anglosphere. At the very places designed to inspire a battle of diverse ideas, there are now relentless efforts to...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Opinion
America Has The Answer For Australia’s Failing Schools

America Has The Answer For Australia’s Failing Schools

Aaron Lane 23 February 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

Australia must tackle the highly-centralised structures of public education if we are to stem the long-term decline of Australian students’ performance compared to the rest of the world...

Originally appeared in Sydney Morning Herald
School’s now focus firmly on what divides us, not what we share in common

School’s now focus firmly on what divides us, not what we share in common

Morgan Begg 23 February 2017 Education and skills, Ideas and liberty,

Kevin Donnelly in The Australian on Tuesday argued that it’s now clear that the education sector’s ‘politically correct embrace of diversity and difference – the new code for multiculturalism –...

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