Handy AI-framework for take home assignments
A framework to design effective assessments that leverage rather than pretend to defend against the gen AI era has been developed by the ANU’s Suzanne Estaphan and fellow medical academics […]
Appointments and Achievements (30 April)
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2025 members include Chennupati Jagadish (ANU), Leigh W Simmons (Uni WA) and Peter Singer (Princeton U). The Australian Council of Graduate Research announces […]
New Paper: Three ways to disrupt far-right visitors
The rise in far-right adherents and apparent increase in visits by speakers keen to peddle white supremacist, anti-muslim, and/or mysoginistic presentations has prompted Western Sydney University’s Rachel Sharples and colleagues […]
QUT’s plan to put bums on seats in creative courses
Enrolments are evaporating in performing arts study and the bad reviews are alarming academics. QUT’s recent review of its programs was widely criticised, although proposals appear less about terminating than […]
Limit marketing budgets – Griffith VC
Universities needed to carefully limit marketing budgets, leveraging the power of unpaid networks and engagement to maximise effectiveness, Griffith University Vice-Chancellor Carolyn Evans has told Future Campus. “Universities will and […]
Non-Dire Wolves and the importance of scientific process
Science works, but it requires unwavering adherence to a system. The pollution of misinformation is science’s enemy. As G.K. Chesterton said “If you leave a white post alone it will […]
Oral assessment an advantage for unis and grads – Griffith VC
There are significant opportunities to improve the speaking skills of Australian graduates while also addressing assessment integrity, Griffith University Vice-Chancellor Carolyn Evans has said. Speaking to Future Campus, Professor Evans […]
La Trobe U to lead on the $327bn cost of care
Poor public sector productivity is a drag on the economy but now La Trobe U and partners have the chance to do something about it in the $327bn care economy. […]
Is universal affliction required to drive collaboration?
In the hallowed world beyond brochure copy and pretty website pipedreams, numerous executives have said privately that interdisciplinary work is so rare that it appears moribund? So what might drive […]
The Week that Was (24 April)
The Independent Higher Education Association has a precisely-targeted election ask. It wants the next government to reduce duplicate regulation for providers in both VET and HE – by excluding ASQA […]