* HERDSA Blog Post: Taking the plunge - Assessment in the age of genAI
* HERDSA Workshop Series: Quality Control and Moderation for Mentors and Assessors of HERDSA Fellowship Applications
* CRADLE Seminar Series: 'Manifesto for feedback in the age of artificial intelligence'
* Apply Now! Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University - Visiting Scholars Scheme 2026
* New articles in Higher Education Research and Development

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HERDSA Blog Post: Taking the plunge - Assessment in the age of genAI
Donna Lu, 28 January 2026

Donna Lu invites us to consider the implications of AI in assessment and the opportunity we have to create something better. Can you pull off a half-pike twist with your assessment design, or will you end up with a belly flop?

Read more: https://herdsa.org.au/herdsa-connect/taking-plunge-assessment-age-genai

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HERDSA Workshop Series: Quality Control and Moderation for Mentors and Assessors of HERDSA Fellowship Applications
Tuesday 10 February and Tuesday 24 February, 2026

Are you currently mentoring, or considering becoming part of the HERDSA Fellowship mentoring community?

The HERDSA Fellowship Portfolio invites experienced mentors and all HERDSA Fellows to engage with and strengthen the HERDSA Fellow Mentors Community, while contributing to high quality mentoring practice and rigorous, consistent assessment of Fellowship applications.

Facilitated by A/Prof Kathie Ardzejewska and A/Prof Lee Partridge, this two part online workshop series is designed to develop shared understanding, enhance consistency and rigour in decision making, and provide a collegial forum for professional dialogue and community building.

Participants are encouraged to join both sessions.

Session 1: Standards, Consistency and Decision Making
Tuesday 10 February | 10:00 AWST · 1:00 AEST · 3:00 NZ
Register: https://bit.ly/3LSsdKd

Session 2: Applying Moderation in Practice
Tuesday 24 February | 10:00 AWST · 1:00 AEST · 3:00 NZ
Register: https://bit.ly/3Ocp20t

All HERDSA Fellows are encouraged to participate and connect with the HERDSA Fellow Mentors Community.

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CRADLE Seminar Series: 'Manifesto for feedback in the age of artificial intelligence'
Wednesday 18 February - 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm (AEDT)

The first seminar in CRADLE's 2026 Seminar Series introduces a new manifesto for feedback in the age of artificial intelligence.

In May 2025, seventeen researchers with expertise across higher education, health professional education, feedback and digital education came together to discuss future directions for feedback research at the University of Copenhagen.

Out of these conversations, a working party constructed a manifesto for feedback in the age of artificial intelligence, led by Professor Naomi Winstone from the University of Surrey. This always-in-progress document offers a values-led compass to guide decision making as educators and institutions are faced with as-yet-unknown futures where AI can be integrated into feedback processes.

In this panel, we interrogate potential future scenarios, and then ‘test’ the manifesto against a series of provocations offered by these possible futures. Panellists include Prof. Naomi Winstone (University of Surrey), A/Prof. Karen Gravett (University of Surrey), A/Prof. Christy Noble (University of Queensland), Dr Anna Jones (King's College London), and A/Prof. Kelli Nicola-Richmond (Deakin University), introduced by CRADLE's Prof. Margaret Bearman.

Join us online at the special time of 6.00 pm (AEDT) / 7.00 am (GMT) for a thought-provoking conversation to launch CRADLE's 2026 Seminar Series.

Further information: https://manifesto-for-feedback-in-age-of-AI.eventbrite.com.au/?aff=herdsa

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Apply Now! Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University - Visiting Scholars Scheme 2026
16 March 2026

We are pleased to announce applications for the CRADLE Visiting Scholars Scheme 2026 have opened. The aim of the scheme is to accelerate collaborative efforts with CRADLE’s research partners, offering an opportunity for more intensive work. The scheme offers support for researchers in Australia or New Zealand with aligned areas of expertise to physically visit CRADLE at Deakin Downtown in the Melbourne CBD, for in-person collaborative work, mutual exchange, and research capacity building. We invite applications from qualified researchers at any stage of their career to apply for the scheme.

We anticipate that funds to support the visiting scholar will be within the range of $5,000 to $10,000 AUD, depending on length of stay proposed and cost of travel. Please visit our blog page for further information, FAQs and to apply!

The deadline for applications is March 2026. For enquiries cradle@deakin.edu.au

Further information: https://blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/collaborate-with-us-apply-now-for-our...

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New articles in Higher Education Research and Development

Development trajectories of undergraduates’ interdisciplinary competence over time: effects of principle-based activities, Gaoxia Zhu, Tianlong Zhong, Guangji Yuan, Chenyu Hou, Mengyu Lim & Guo Su, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2026.2615304

Complex pathways of Russian university graduates: which pathways lead upwards? Anastasia Lukina, Vera Maltseva & Natalia Rozenfeld, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2026.2615306

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