8+ hour, 23+ min ago   (623+ words) If Australia is to be a more prosperous, productive and socially cohesive nation in the decades to come, the nation needs universities that return students to centre of everything they do. The system must be built upon providing fair opportunities…...

11+ hour, 33+ min ago   (374+ words) ​The third of Jason Clare’s Universities Accord Bills is off to the Senate, but will get some close examination before it gets there, with 60 submissions to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee’s inquiry on the legislation and an all-day hearing…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (433+ words) ​A year back, Thomas Corbin and Deakin U colleagues created a stir with a tough-minded argument that AI was a “wicked problem” for university assessment, that there are better or worse ways of dealing with it, but nothing will solve…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (628+ words) Future Campus Protecting Integrity but Losing Learning? Rethinking Assessment in the Age of AI Generative AI has transformed one of higher education's most fundamental questions: how do we know that students have genuinely learned? Universities across the world are rethinking…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (700+ words) As another set of rankings is set to emerge this weekend, it’s important to reflect on what really matters in HE – and then consider what we measure. My first job in higher education was at ANU. Ian Chubb reigned supreme…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (338+ words) ​The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia presents a portfolio of achievements for the community with policy props on ways its members can accomplish more. The comprehensive information compiled in the report on the state of the sector demonstrates…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (206+ words) ​In an innovative fellowship program two Ukrainian academics will be embedded for short fellowships in the Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of the University of Sydney next year. After co-authoring a range of insightful papers on AI and the impact…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (607+ words) ​How can universities make good decisions when technology changes faster than governance? I was asked recently about Macquarie’s position on wearable technologies. The question had been prompted by an article a colleague had read considering whether universities should prohibit AI-enabled…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (348+ words) ​A new report on the plight of part-time students has put evidence behind what many had assumed, but few had proven – part-time students juggle and struggle a multitude of commitments, which impacts their capacity to study. Around 35% of domestic Australian…...