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Doctoral Supervision Does Not Travel Unchanged: The Importance of Context

Natasha Kitano discuss the context dependent nature of Doctoral supervision and how it has changed in recent times.

Assessment integrity is a design problem before it is a technology problem

Credible assessment in the age of AI has been termed a wicked problem, but Janelle Wheat proposes a simple formula to think about how we can tackle it...

What if well-being comes before motivation?

Daniel Andrews explores what happens when we consider that student well-being comes before motivation & engagement.

Conference Buddy Programme - Finding 'Your People'

Dongmei Li, Kim Goodwin, Kay Harrison, and Tony Goh explore the power of the buddy program at the HERDSA 2026 conference.

From Continuous Assessment to Continuous Learning

Dimanthinie De Silva discussed how we can design an assessment regime by leaning into continuity
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What does it actually mean to secure an assessment?

Ben Harris-Roxas poses a simple but vital question: What does it actually mean to secure an assessment?

A love letter to learning

In this love letter to learning, Andrew Woon reminds us that we should never stop learning, while exploring the role of higher education now and into the future.
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International students have come to our universities for decades. Is it time Australia returned the visit?

Pearl Subban & Hongzhi Zhang discuss the importance of international students to Australian universities, while posing the question "What if Australian universities stopped expecting international students to do all the travelling?"

Riding the grey wolf: Reflections in ink inspired by the HERDSA 2026 keynote

Diana Turnip & Amanda White discuss key insights from a HERDSA 2026 keynote using comic strips to encourage us to "ride the grey wolf".

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