Higher Education Research and Development

Inclusive assessment design: students with disabilities speak out Research knows a great deal about how assessment could be ‘more inclusive’, but what do students have to say about inclusive assessment design? This study considers the voices of students with disa...

Inclusive assessment design: students with disabilities speak out

My new study has been published in @herdjournal.bsky.social! What do 139 students have to say about how assessment could be made more inclusive?

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Having the ill-/variously-defined student characteristic of 'employability' as a priority shifts any responsibility for actual graduate employment outcomes from the university to the student.

Student employability ‘main priority’ for university boards Both internal and external board members agree on priorities for institutions, countering view that outsiders favour different approach

Student employability ‘main priority’ for university boards
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/student...

Between the pages: a qualitative inquiry into researcher wellbeing Despite the growing emphasis on research productivity and project development within academic institutions worldwide, the concept of academic wellbeing remains relatively underexplored. This study ...

Our new paper in Higher Education Research & Development! 🎉 “Between the pages: a qualitative inquiry into researcher wellbeing”

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We explore the lived experiences of researcher wellbeing. @herdjournal.bsky.social

Exploring the adoption of generative artificial intelligence tools among university teachers Generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) has quickly become a versatile teaching tool available to both students and university teachers. However, its acceptance is not yet universal among teach...

Exploring the adoption of generative artificial intelligence tools among university teachers
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Revealing article using 'collective biography' to make personal concerns public - eg, 'academic service' (or 'citizenship') in academic promotions rewards service 'to' the university over service 'for' communities outwith, eg advocacy-activism
#SocialJustice
#SociologicalImagination
#HigherEducation

This looks like a vital read.

“This disjuncture is acute for academics working in fraught areas, such as forced migration. The frailty of higher education, caused by decades of neoliberal governance, increasingly restricts what ‘counts’ as academic service to activities that ultimately preserve the status quo.”

Making sense of academic service in unpredictable times: exploring the risks and benefits of academic activism in higher education Despite operating in unpredictable times and rhetoric to the contrary, universities make it hard for academics to pursue transformative agendas, meaningful community engagement, and activism to inf...

Making sense of academic service in unpredictable times: exploring the risks and benefits of academic activism in higher education www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A wonderful collective piece of work with some utterly fabulous scholars. Now published open access. @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

1000x this: "We argue for institutions to better value the kinds of academic service that amplify diverse perspectives, voices, and knowledges, and help us to navigate uncertainty."

Making sense of academic service in unpredictable times: exploring the risks and benefits of academic activism in higher education Despite operating in unpredictable times and rhetoric to the contrary, universities make it hard for academics to pursue transformative agendas, meaningful community engagement, and activism to inf...

New article published with a team of fantastic women

Making sense of academic service in unpredictable times: exploring the risks and benefits of academic activism in higher education

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@uofgunescorila.bsky.social

Using peer feedback, teacher feedback and self-assessment to enhance students’ feedback literacy behaviour

Qiufang Zheng, David Boud & Phillip Dawson

→ doi.org/10.1080/0729...

#StudentAssessment #PeerFeedback #SelfAssesment #FeedbackLiteracy #Feedback

Unveiling the hidden key: can help-seeking behaviors bridge the gap between doctoral supervision relationship and research self-efficacy of PhD candidates? Doctoral supervision is a crucial aspect of the doctoral journey, influencing the research self-efficacy (RSE) of PhD candidates. However, the pathway through which supervision influences RSE is un...

Unveiling the hidden key: can help-seeking behaviors bridge the gap between doctoral supervision relationship and research self-efficacy of PhD candidates?

Jeanne Boisselier

→ doi.org/10.1080/0729...

#DoctoralSupervision #PhDStudents #HigherEd #SelfEfficacy #HelpSeeking

Yup, I can tell you from experience the ones that "found nothing" have been the hardest - not because they're bad paper but because "it's expected."

Higher Education Research and Development @herdjournal.bsky.social - is one place that values the work. See:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Currently reading Nooij et al. (2025) on "Do not leave your values at the door; the permissibility of activism in the lecture hall" - Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching Academia and activism, how do they go together? I’ve been curious about that for a while, as evidenced by these posts. Today I came across an article that investigates not only academic activism, but ...

Currently reading Nooij et al. (2025) on “Do not leave your values at the door; the permissibility of activism in the lecture hall”

@mirjamglessmer.bsky.social's blogpost on a recent HERD article
mirjamglessmer.com/2025/09/03/c...

HERD Special Issue Launch – 'Educating for Societal Transitions' Join us for the launch of a Special Issue of Higher Education Research & Development, titled "Educating for Societal Transitions".

Special Issue Launch: 'Educating for Societal Transitions'

Thursday, 11 September, 17:00 AEST – Online

Higher Education Research and Development is proud to announce the upcoming release of our second Special Issue for 2025, 'Educating for Societal Transitions'
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HERD Special Issue Launch – 'Educating for Societal Transitions' Join us for the launch of a Special Issue of Higher Education Research & Development, titled "Educating for Societal Transitions".

Special Issue Launch: 'Educating for Societal Transitions'

Thursday, 11 September, 17:00 AEST – Online

Higher Education Research and Development is proud to announce the upcoming release of our second Special Issue for 2025, 'Educating for Societal Transitions'
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/herd-speci...

An image of Morpheus from the Matrix with the words "What if I told you... more HERD articles have been published"

New articles just dropped in Higher Education Research and Development

www.tandfonline.com/toc/cher20/0/0

Higher Education Research & Development Educating for Societal Transitions. Volume 44, Issue 6 of Higher Education Research & Development

Educating for Societal Transitions. Higher Education Research & Development v.44 n.6. Out now.

www.tandfonline.com/toc/cher20/4...

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Researcher cultural capability for Indigenous research: a meta-narrative review

@naomifillmore.bsky.social, Marnee Shay, Grace Sarra & Susan Danby

Open access → doi.org/10.1080/0729...

#IndigenousResearch #Researchers #HigherEd #CulturalCapability

Higher Education Research & Development Educating for Societal Transitions. Volume 44, Issue 6 of Higher Education Research & Development

Educating for Societal Transitions. Higher Education Research & Development v.44 n.6. Out now.

www.tandfonline.com/toc/cher20/4...

Our new research on Indigenous research capability just published in @herdjournal.bsky.social

We reviewed what constitutes and how researchers can develop cultural capability for ethical Indigenous research in Australia.

Read it open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Unveiling the hidden key: can help-seeking behaviors bridge the gap between doctoral supervision relationship and research self-efficacy of PhD candidates? Doctoral supervision is a crucial aspect of the doctoral journey, influencing the research self-efficacy (RSE) of PhD candidates. However, the pathway through which supervision influences RSE is un...

Unveiling the hidden key: can help-seeking behaviors bridge the gap between doctoral supervision relationship and research self-efficacy of PhD candidates?

Jeanne Boisselier

→ doi.org/10.1080/0729...

#DoctoralSupervision #PhDStudents #HigherEd #SelfEfficacy #HelpSeeking

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Save the date! Special Issue Launch: 'Educating for Societal Transitions'

Thursday, 11 September, 17:00 AEST – Online

Higher Education Research & Development is proud to announce the upcoming release of our second Special Issue for 2025, 'Educating for Societal Transitions'

Details to follow

a cat wearing a hard hat is pressing a button and the word launch is above it . Alt: A cat wearing a hard hat is pressing a button and the word launch is above it .

Save the date! Special Issue Launch: 'Educating for Societal Transitions'

Thursday, 11 September, 17:00 AEST – Online

Higher Education Research & Development is proud to announce the upcoming release of our second Special Issue for 2025, 'Educating for Societal Transitions'

Details to follow

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Researcher cultural capability for Indigenous research: a meta-narrative review

@naomifillmore.bsky.social, Marnee Shay, Grace Sarra & Susan Danby

Open access → doi.org/10.1080/0729...

#IndigenousResearch #Researchers #HigherEd #CulturalCapability

Decolonising, Indigenising, or critical Indigenous studies? A nine-year case study in designing education for the health professions
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We do not foresee a viable middle ground between the two lanes. It needs to be assumed that any assessment outside lane 1 (i.e. that is un-secured) may (and likely will) involve the use of AI.

Higher Education Research & Development The two-lane road to hell is paved with good intentions: why an all-or-none approach to generative AI, integrity, and assessment is insupportable Guy J. Curtis ABSTRACT A ‘two-lane’ (All-or-None) approach to the use of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) is the idea that there should be two categories of assessments in higher education: Lane 1/None: where the use of genAI is prohibited, and Lane 2/All: where any use of genAI is permitted. This idea has been thoughtfully detailed and continues to be debated. Although this idea is generally well-intentioned, in this comment piece I argue that, if implemented, it will promote an impoverished approach to education and educational assessment. One argument often invoked in favour of an All-or-None approach is that genAI use may sometimes be undetectable. Contract cheating (e.g., students outsourcing assessments to ghostwriters) is sometimes undetectable, yet an argument that there should be an All-or-None approach permitting contract cheating in some assessments is clearly absurd. An All-or-None approach to genAI and assessment is also absurd. A middle lane, where genAI use in assessments is allowed with some limitations, is essential.

U Auckland Faculty of Science is moving to a "two-lane" approach to assessment in the age of AI (educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au/teaching@syd...). Having read this critique (doi.org/10.1080/0729...), this seems like a bad idea to me. Any others moving/already moved to this approach have advice?

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Narratives of #success: high-achieving women with #disabilities navigating higher education in Australia

Lauren E. Lindstrom, Rahul Ganguly & Antoinette R. Banks

Open access → doi.org/10.1080/0729...

#HigheEd #Women #StudentsWithDisabilities #AntiDeficitFramework #EquityGroups #DisabilityServices

New design for Learning Designers New insights into the work and aspirations of learning designers

New design for Learning Designers

futurecampus.com.au/2025/07/04/n...

#LearningDesigners