Tom Bentley
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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), Template:ISBN
- The Creative Age: knowledge and skills for a new economy (Demos, 1999), Template:ISBN
- Letting go: complexity, individualism and the left (Renewal, 2002),
- The Adaptive State: strategies for personalising the public realm (Demos 2003), Template:ISBN
- People Flow (co-authors Alessandra Buonfino, Theo Veenkamp, Demos 2003) Template:ISBN online
- Everyday Democracy: why we get the politicians we deserve (Demos, 2005) Template:ISBN
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