Like many academics, I have too many things on. By ‘things’ I mean projects of all shapes and sizes, from ‘write a book on neurodiversity and the PhD’, to ‘Fix up the Bootcamp page on the ANU website’. Exhibit A: I’m going on Sabbatical in the UK from May to August. To minimise disruption to the team, […] … learn more→

With the launch of ChatGPT to the public, post-secondary institutions are aware of the seismic impact this could have on both the business and art of education. Educators’ emotions have ranged from intrigue and excitement to panic about massive disruption. Public access to this large language model (LLM) raises important questions about teaching and learning, including the design of meaningful assessments, […] … learn more→

One of the priorities of the federal government’s sweeping Universities Accord is to improve employment conditions in higher education. This is long overdue. Australia’s university sector once set the standard for working conditions but sadly this is no longer the case. Now the sector is plagued by an over reliance on casual staff, stress, burnout and precarious work […] … learn more→

Australia continues to grapple with acute skills shortages. Businesses are struggling to find workers with the skills they need. Meanwhile, workers struggle to get jobs because of the mismatch between available training and occupations. There is currently a high-profile debate about the university sector’s role in this via the Universities Accord review process. But the role of […] … learn more→

The tasks and weekly work hours of university teaching staff are a constantly topical issue. Although it is in the universities where the majority of research and transfer in Spain takes place, and no one should dispute the importance of science, technology and innovation, there are still sectors in society that identify the work of university […] … learn more→

From the collection of data to the promotion of its work through the publication of a first scientific article, The experience of the thesis in management documents the challenges facing doctoral students. Based on feedback from young researchers, the book’s coordinators, Hugo Gaillard, Julien Cloarec, Juliette Senn and Albane Grandazzi, invite readers to put into perspective the questions […] … learn more→

Applying the gender perspective to the reality of higher education makes it possible to demonstrate the existence of inequalities and biases that cross the entire system . These inequalities also condition the daily interactions of the students. Especially with regard to group work, the evidence shows a tendency for teachers to evaluate rational, productive and public aspects. As we have analyzed […] … learn more→

Almost a week after Open AI launched ChatGPT, CEO Sam Altman announced that the chatbot had already surpassed one million users . By January 13, 2023, the global Google search for the word “ChatGPT” reached a popularity score of 92 , and Microsoft has since invested $10 billion in OpenAI . The chatbot reached its maximum capacity and for a few days […] … learn more→

The COVID-19 pandemic was a shock to higher education systems everywhere. But while some changes, like moving lectures online, were relatively easy to make, assessment posed a much bigger challenge. Assessment can take many forms, from essays to exams to experiments and more. Many institutions and individual academics essentially outsourced the assessment process to software. They […] … learn more→

Andalusian public universities have recently shown their rejection of the exclusion of Afghan women from higher education. This means, in addition to a violation of human rights, global impoverishment. It should be remembered that in Spain women were able to access university studies relatively recently, despite the institution’s medieval origins. An absence that shows the androcentric conception […] … learn more→