* HERDSA Blog Post: Six reasons we need relational pedagogies in higher education
* HERDSA Community: Comment on "Interactive Orals at Scale"
* HERD Special Issue 'Educating for Societal Transitions' – online launch Thursday 11 September, 2025
* Please fill out the Curriculum Design Pillars of Impact Survey !
* 2025 CRADLE International Symposium: Expert panel - 'Assessment design in higher ed: Changing practices for a world with AI'
* Exploring the Relationship Between SoTL and Higher Education Research: Definitions, Tensions, and Implications

Bob Ross died on July 23, 2025 in Nimbin NSW at the age of 94 years, after a brief period in residential care. He was born Robert Argent Ross in Broken Hill on April 15, 1931 and is remembered by his long, distinguished career in Science and Education, and as a great friend and colleague to all who knew him.

He achieved a BSc. and Dip.Ed at Sydney University in 1952/53, followed by an MSc. at New England University in 1960. He shifted overseas and took a PhD at London University in 1966. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1967.

* HERDSA Blog Post: Compassion in higher education: A call to arms
* HERDSA Community: Translating Research, Leading Change – A Global Academic’s Journey
* HERDSA National Webinar: Ethical Augmentation: Educator-Led AI in Assessment
* Looking for support with your SoTL project? Want to gain traction or impact? Drop in and join me for a coffee and to chat SoTL
* Remembering Bob Ross, HERDSA President 1976-1977
* THE Campus Live ANZ 2025, Christchurch, New Zealand
* Join the HERDSA Assessment Quality SIG on LinkedIn

On 15 August 2025, the HERDSA Assessment Quality SIG came together for our first Lightning Round session of the year. It was energising to see colleagues from across institutions engage with the pressing challenges and possibilities shaping assessment today.