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High Stakes testing and our kids: international research leaves Australian developments in question
High Stakes Testing Literature Review
A new report, released today (1 February 2012) by the Whitlam Institute within the University of Western Sydney, canvasses the existing research on ‘high stakes’ testing. It finds that despite ‘high stakes’ testing of Australian primary and high school students becoming more and more entrenched, there are serious concerns internationally about the impact the tests have on students.

The literature review ‘The Experience of Education: The impacts of high stakes testing on school students and their families’ by Professor John Polesel, Ms Nicky Dulfer and Dr Malcolm Turnbull, was commissioned by the Whitlam Institute to provide context for a new research project on High Stakes Testing which is a collaboration between the Whitlam Institute, the University of Melbourne and the Foundation for Young Australians.


Malcolm Fraser to deliver 2012 Gough Whitlam Oration
The Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser AC CH

We are delighted to announce that The Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser AC CH will deliver the 2012 Gough Whitlam Oration on the evening of June 6 at the UWS Parramatta campus.

Information about ticketing will be made available in 2012. To keep up to date with announcements about the 2012 Gough Whitlam Oration, please subscribe to the Whitlam Institute's It's Time e-magazine


Gough Whitlam’s vision for the establishment of UWS
Dr Mark Hutchinson paper December 2011

A new paper by historian Dr Mark Hutchinson, published by the Whitlam Institute within the University of Western Sydney, examines the substantial influence Gough Whitlam had on the establishment of the University.

When Gough Whitlam first entered parliament in 1952 as the MP for the south-western Sydney seat of Werriwa, there was not a single high school in his electorate. Despite the summer heat there were few public swimming pools, and significantly, much of Western Sydney (west of Woodville Road) was not connected to the sewer.

The concept of a University in the West was repeatedly shelved in order to cater for booming populations closer to the east. University participation rates in the western suburbs were the lowest in the country, limiting generations of people from many of the benefits most Australians took for granted.

Download a copy of the paper here


 


NSW Premier O'Farrell and former SA Premier Rann to address Symposium
Symposium 2011 icon
We are delighted to announce that The Hon Barry O'Farrell, Premier of New South Wales will be delivering the Opening Address of the Whitlam Institute's major economic forum of 2011, run in partnership with the University of Western Sydney School of Economics and Finance. The Hon Mike Rann, former Premier of South Australia and former ALP National President, will be delivering the luncheon address.

The Labour Market Evolution symposium offers the opportunity to take a step back and consider ideas and options for maintaining a strong labour market with a sustained commitment to full employment that better balances the imperatives for economic growth and equity, and address the notion of well-being as a goal of economic policy.

Tuesday 29 November 2011

MORE INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM, AND HOW TO REGISTER
What Matters? winner calls for equality in same sex marriage
What Matters Winner 2011
The Whitlam Institute is proud to announce Madeleine Boxall as the overall winner of the 2011 What Matters? Competition. Her fantastic entry People Discriminate, Love Does Not, calls for same-sex marriage equality. To read Madeleine's entry, as well as all of the finalists' entries please visit the What Matters? Competition page.