Victoria’s Year 12 exam website has been hacked – here are 3 ways students can handle academic stress
SolStock/Getty Images Yesterday evening, an unknown hacker posted messages on the Victorian exam authority website, saying they had accessed 2026 Year 12 exam papers. Year 12 students are in the final stages of exams, which are due to finish on November 18. The ABC reported the hacker claimed to have distributed exam papers to students. […]
AI marking means uni assessments could theoretically never be read by a human. What now?
There’s a doomsday scenario where uni students hand in work generated by artificial intelligence (AI), which is then marked by AI and university assessment no longer involves any humans at all. There’s also an alternative utopia where teachers use AI to escape the burden and time pressures of endless piles of marking. In this bright […]
CCTV is touted as a safety measure for daycare centres. But does it work?
Stephen Andrews/ Pexels CCTV has been promoted as one way to make early learning safer in the wake of ongoing reports of child abuse and neglect. It’s certainly something families see as enhancing safety in services. But does it help in practice? The federal government has been running an evaluation of how CCTV is used […]
1 in 10 long daycares don’t provide food – this means some kids might be going hungry
Helena Lopes/ Pexels Some long daycare services provide children with breakfast, morning and afternoon tea and a hot lunch. But others do not provide any food all. This means the onus is on families to provide meals. Good nutrition is essential for children’s learning and development, particularly in the first five years when the brain […]
AI has turned university assessments into a ‘wicked problem’ – and we don’t have all the answers
Pexels, Canva, The Conversation, CC BY-NC Since the introduction of ChatGPT in late 2022, there have been rising concerns about university assessments. Are we testing students’ learning? Or simply their ability to use generative AI? Universities and teachers have been working hard to reform assessments to ensure degrees still genuinely demonstrate students’ knowledge and skills. […]
Civics education in Australian schools isn’t up to scratch. 3 things could improve it
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has announced a plan to make civics and citizenship education compulsory for all Year 9 and 10 students. This follows concerns at state and federal levels about young Australians’ knowledge of Australian democracy in recent years. Ministers have now asked the national curriculum authority to examine what these updates to […]
Most uni students now use AI, but that doesn’t mean they like it
Xavier Arnau/Getty via Canva, Wikimedia, The Conversation, CC BY-NC The university experience has changed drastically since artificial intelligence (AI) became widely available four years ago. Students are increasingly using AI for around-the-clock feedback, and most are required to use it as part of new assessment redesigns. But as AI is used more in courses and […]
AI use is now universal in higher education. Why are universities failing to adapt?
Artificial intelligence (AI) use among university students is now near-universal in many countries. Yet, as of a year ago, fewer than one in five universities in a 90-country UNESCO survey had a formal AI policy. Since ChatGPT arrived in late 2022, the threat to academic integrity has loomed large. Unis must now ensure students earn […]
Holocaust education will soon become compulsory in schools. Our research shows how it can be done well
Andrei Antipov/Getty Images Australia’s education ministers have agreed to update the national curriculum to include teachings of the Holocaust, Jewish history and the contributions of Jewish Australians. It follows concerns of rising antisemitism in the country, nearly a year after the Bondi Beach attack. Our research, published by Monash University as a report in July, […]
Does Australia need more national exams for school students?
monkeybusinessimages/Getty Images Australian school students already do major tests in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 before going on to final exams in Year 12. But amid ongoing concern around Australian students’ academic performance, there’s been a call for more testing. The Page Research Centre, affiliated with the National Party, has proposed students sit additional […]