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Tom Bentley is Executive director for policy and cabinet affairs for the Premier of Victoria, Australia. He was Director of the think tamk [[Demos]] from 1999 - 2006. He is a former adviser to [[David Blunkett]] MP – then Secretary of State for Education. He has been described as ‘one of Britain’s leading policy entrepreneurs’, and as ‘among the most intelligent critics of New Labour’ by the London Evening Standard.{{ref|ES}}
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His recent publications include "Letting go: complexity, individualism and the left" ([[Renewal]], 2002), "Monarchies" (ed. Demos, 2002), "The Moral Universe" (ed. Demos, 2002), "It’s democracy stupid" (Demos, 2001), "The Creative Age: knowledge and skills for a new economy" (Demos, 1999), "The Real Deal: what young people really think about government, politics and social exclusion" (Demos, 1999) and "Learning beyond the classroom: education for a changing world" (Routledge, 1998), described as ‘one of the key education books of the decade’ by the Times Educational Supplement.
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'''Tom Bentley''' is Executive Director in the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria, Australia; and Director of Applied Learning, Australian and New Zealand School of Government.<ref>Tom Bentley, "[http://www.tombentley.org/about.html Biography]", accessed 18.09.10</ref>
  
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He was born and educated in East London and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Oxford. he now lives in Melbourne, Australia He was a trustee of the [[Roundhouse]] and the [[Community Action Network]], and chaired the steering group of the [[Centres for Curiosity and Imagination]] project. [http://www.rsa.org.uk/events/speakerCloseUp.asp?speakerID=139]he is currently director of the Australia and New Zealand School of government
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==Background==
  
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Bentley was Director of the think tank [[Demos]] from 1999 to 2006. He is a former special adviser to Labour MP [[David Blunkett]], then Secretary of State for Education.<ref>Info-Dynamics Research, "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A5-EB449C165AF2-List-of-Advisers-April-2006-Congress-Final Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government]", ''GMB: April 2006 Briefing'', p7, accessed 12.09.10</ref>  He was described by the ''Australian Financial Review'' as "one of Britain’s leading policy entrepreneurs".<ref>Staff writers, "[http://pre2005.flexiblelearning.net.au/newsandevents/newsletters/newsletter24.htm Flex e-News]", accessed 18.09.10</ref>
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Bentley is on the board of the State Library of Victoria, the think tank [[Per Capita]], and the Queensland-based research institute [[Eidos]].<ref>Tom Bentley, "[http://www.tombentley.org/about.html Biography]", accessed 18.09.10</ref>
  
 
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==Contact, Resources, Notes==
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Website: http://tombentley.org/
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*[http://www.newstatesman.com/200103120017 The New Statesman Essay - We must learn to govern ourselves, Tom Bentley March 2001]
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Tom Bentley is Executive Director in the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria, Australia; and Director of Applied Learning, Australian and New Zealand School of Government.[1]

Background

Bentley was Director of the think tank Demos from 1999 to 2006. He is a former special adviser to Labour MP David Blunkett, then Secretary of State for Education.[2] He was described by the Australian Financial Review as "one of Britain’s leading policy entrepreneurs".[3]

Bentley is on the board of the State Library of Victoria, the think tank Per Capita, and the Queensland-based research institute Eidos.[4]

Affiliations

Contact, Resources, Notes

Contact

Website: http://tombentley.org/

Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ Tom Bentley, "Biography", accessed 18.09.10
  2. ↑ Info-Dynamics Research, "Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government", GMB: April 2006 Briefing, p7, accessed 12.09.10
  3. ↑ Staff writers, "Flex e-News", accessed 18.09.10
  4. ↑ Tom Bentley, "Biography", accessed 18.09.10
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