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Tom Bentley

Tom Bentley is an author and policy analyst based in Australia. Bentley was born and educated in the United Kingdom, where he gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford.

Bentley was formerly executive director for policy and cabinet for the Premier of Victoria, Australia, [1] and was then deputy chief of staff to Prime Minister Julia Gillard [2] and part-time director of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government. [3] Between 1998 and 2006 he was director of DEMOS [4] - described by The Economist as ‘Britain's most influential think tank'. Prior to his role at Demos he was a special adviser to David Blunkett MP, then Secretary of State for Education and Employment, [5] where he worked on issues including school curriculum reform, social inclusion, creativity, citizenship, adult skills and area-based regeneration. He has been a trustee and chair of the Learning Programme for the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts ( NESTA) [6] and a trustee of the Community Action Network in London.

Bentley has been a regular contributor to The Guardian, The Observer, [7] the Financial Times and the New Statesman as well as regularly being interviewed for print and broadcast media.

Publications

  • Learning beyond the classroom: education for a changing world (Routledge, 1998), ISBN  978-0415182591
  • The Creative Age: knowledge and skills for a new economy (Demos, 1999), ISBN  978-1898309703
  • Letting go: complexity, individualism and the left (Renewal, 2002),
  • The Adaptive State: strategies for personalising the public realm (Demos 2003), ISBN  978-1841801155
  • People Flow (co-authors Alessandra Buonfino, Theo Veenkamp, Demos 2003) ISBN  1841801089 online
  • Everyday Democracy: why we get the politicians we deserve (Demos, 2005) ISBN  978-1841801469

References

  1. ^ Button, James (13 July 2006). "Former Blair 'policy wonk' to advise Bracks". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Prime Minister Julia Gillard". Business Spectator. 11 November 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2010.{{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)
  3. ^ Bentley, Tom (23 November 2006). "Innovation drives growth". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  4. ^ Adcock, Robert; Bevir, Mark; Stimson, Shannon C. (2007). Modern Political Science. Princeton University Press. p. 292. ISBN  978-0-691-12874-0. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  5. ^ Bentley, Tom (10 February 2002). "Time to stop 'teaching the test'". The Observer. London. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  6. ^ "NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS" (PDF). NESTA. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  7. ^ Bentley, Tom (4 August 2002). "The view from above". The Observer. London. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
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