Dean Ashenden is a Senior Honorary Fellow at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has worked as an academic and a political adviser, and in journalism.
Ashenden was a senior adviser to Susan Ryan, Minister for Education in the Hawke government. He has consulted for education agencies and authorities at both the state and territory as well as federal levels. He was a presenter on ABC Radio National's Education Issues programme.
He has written for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian, Guardian Australia, The Australian Financial Review, Inside Story, Meanjin, Crikey, and History Australia.Dean Ashenden is a Senior Honorary Fellow at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has worked as an academic and a political adviser, and in journalism.
Ashenden was a senior adviser to Susan Ryan, Minister for Education in the Hawke government. He has consulted for education agencies and authorities at both the state and territory as well as federal levels. He was a presenter on ABC Radio National's Education Issues programme.
He has written for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian, Guardian Australia, The Australian Financial Review, Inside Story, Meanjin, Crikey, and History Australia....more