# Blog
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**Parent**: https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events
- 19 Mar 2026
### [National teaching awards: mentoring educators for success](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/national-teaching-awards-mentoring-educators-success)
A new mentoring approach supports UNSW educators applying for national teaching awards through peer learning, structured feedback, and a collaborative community of practice.
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*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Education Focussed](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/education-focussed-careers/tags/education-focussed)
*lens*[Awards](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/awards)
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- 18 Mar 2026
### [The spark of collaboration: connecting expertise for institutional impact](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/spark-collaboration-connecting-expertise-institutional-impact)
This is the second blog in our series ‘Beyond boundaries: Collaboration for systemic change in higher education’, where we explore how academics and professional staff at UNSW are reimagining partnerships from everyday interactions to broader inst
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[UNSW Nexus](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/unsw-nexus)
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- 10 Mar 2026
### [Academic mentoring at UNSW: Supporting your learning and teaching journey](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/academic-mentoring-unsw-supporting-your-learning-and-teaching-journey)
**By** **Meredith MacAulay and A/Prof. Anna Rowe.** This blog explores how evidence-based academic mentoring at UNSW supports capability building, confidence, and community in learning and teaching.
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*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Education Focussed](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/education-focussed-careers/tags/education-focussed)
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- 19 Feb 2026
### [Teaching is relational – but now there are three of us in the relationship](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/teaching-relational-now-there-are-three-us-relationship)
GenAI has transformed teaching from a traditional student–academic relationship into a complex triadic dynamic, challenging trust, assessment, and the very nature of thinking and learning in higher education.
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*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Ed Tech and AI in Education](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/ed-tech-and-ai-education)
*lens*[Education Focussed](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/education-focussed-careers/tags/education-focussed)
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- 02 Feb 2026
### [Teaching in the age of AI: why immersive learning matters](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/teaching-age-ai)
**By Dr Fida Hasan and Dr Chris Campbell.** As generative AI reshapes assessment, immersive learning can offer a path to authentic engagement that can't be outsourced.
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*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Educational Innovation](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/educational-innovation)
*lens*[Learning Environments](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/learning-environments)
*lens*[Ed Tech and AI in Education](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/ed-tech-and-ai-education)
*lens*[AI case study](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/ai-case-study)
*lens*[Assessment and Feedback](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/assessment-and-feedback)
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- 02 Feb 2026
### [Blogging as scholarship: Turning ideas into impact](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/blogging-as-scholarship-turning-ideas-into-impact)
**By multiple authors.** Blogging is the doable, ‘low-hanging fruit’ of scholarly communication: it’s quick to do, easy to share, and surprisingly nourishing for your research profile.
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[UNSW Nexus](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/unsw-nexus)
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- 15 Dec 2025
### [Working in the blur: From transactional encounters to transformative partnerships](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/working-blur-transactional-encounters-transformative-partnerships)
This post is the first in a three-part series that explores how academics and professional staff at UNSW are reimagining partnerships from everyday interactions to broader institutional change.
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[UNSW Nexus](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/unsw-nexus)
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- 23 Oct 2025
### [Valid assessment is a plausible argument not an absolute](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/valid-assessment-plausible-argument-not-absolute)
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Assessment and Feedback](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/assessment-and-feedback)
*lens*[Scientia Education Academy](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/scientia-education-academy)
*lens*[Ed Tech and AI in Education](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/ed-tech-and-ai-education)
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- 30 Sep 2025
### [Sitting in: A peek into Education Focussed classrooms](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/sitting-peek-education-focussed-classrooms)
**By Apple Davalos**, PVCE
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Education Focussed](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/education-focussed-careers/tags/education-focussed)
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- 29 Sep 2025
### [Observing the benefits of Competency-Based Assessment through personas](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/observing-benefits-competency-based-assessment-through-personas)
For many new-to-university students, being graded is a source of not just stress, but distress. Competency-based assessment is showing promise as a way to foster creativity and intrinsic motivation in students, while supporting their wellbeing.
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Education Focussed](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/education-focussed-careers/tags/education-focussed)
*lens*[Assessment and Feedback](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/assessment-and-feedback)
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- 19 Sep 2025
### [Listening to data, leading with belonging: Reflections from the QILT Symposium and NSW HE Summit 2025](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/listening-data-leading-belonging-reflections-qilt-symposium-and-nsw-he-summit-2025)
Summits, symposia and conferences offer unique opportunities to share information and gain insights.
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Scientia Education Academy](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/scientia-education-academy)
*lens*[Ed Tech and AI in Education](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/ed-tech-and-ai-education)
*lens*[Education Focussed](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/education-focussed-careers/tags/education-focussed)
*lens*[UNSW Nexus](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/unsw-nexus)
*lens*[Student experience](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/student-experience)
*lens*[Students as Partners](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/students-partners)
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- 08 Aug 2025
### [The importance of promoting critical AI engagement to students](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/importance-promoting-critical-ai-engagement-students)
**AI use across industry and professions is accelerating**, and students need to be able to critically engage with this to be employment-ready upon graduation. **Dr Sharon Aris** contends that, rather than prohibit its us
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Education Focussed](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/education-focussed-careers/tags/education-focussed)
*lens*[UNSW Nexus](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/unsw-nexus)
*lens*[Student experience](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/student-experience)
*lens*[Learning Environments](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/learning-environments)
*lens*[Course Design](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/course-design-0)
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- 01 Aug 2025
### [Weaving kindness into the fabric of UNSW's strategic vision](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/weaving-kindness-unsw-strategic-vision)
**By multiple authors**across UNSW Faculties and Divisions. Particularly since COVID, the idea of incorporating kindness into the university environment has been receiving increased interest.
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Belonging and Wellbeing](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/belonging-and-wellbeing)
*lens*[Education Focussed](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/education-focussed-careers/tags/education-focussed)
*lens*[UNSW Nexus](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/unsw-nexus)
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- 03 Jun 2025
### [Never waste a good crisis: Why higher education needs a unified approach to curriculum transformation in the AI era](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/never-waste-good-crisis-higher-education-unified-approach-curriculum-transformation-ai)
By **Diana Saragi Turnip**, Educational Developer Nexus Program and **A/Prof. Priya Khanna Pathak**, Nexus Fellow, UNSW Medicine & Health
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Assessment and Feedback](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/assessment-and-feedback)
*lens*[UNSW Nexus](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/unsw-nexus)
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- 26 May 2025
### [Mind the gap! Rethinking student reflection](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/mind-the-gap-student-reflection)
By **Dr Helen Parker**, Senior Lecturer, School of Management and Governance, UNSW Business School
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Assessment and Feedback](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/assessment-and-feedback)
*lens*[Education Focussed](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/education-focussed-careers/tags/education-focussed)
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- 29 Apr 2025
### [Harnessing the power of a “Multiple Layer Feedback Model"](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/harnessing-power-multiple-layer-feedback-model)
By **Harry Han**, Associate Course Coordinator for first-year subjects at the UNSW Business School
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Assessment and Feedback](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/assessment-and-feedback)
*lens*[Education Focussed](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/education-focussed-careers/tags/education-focussed)
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- 18 Mar 2025
### [Evaluation of Teaching as a flavoursome experience](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/evaluation-teaching-flavoursome-experience)
By **Dr Daniela Castro de Jong**, **Ms Jacqueline North and Dr Anna Rowe**
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Assessment and Feedback](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/assessment-and-feedback)
*lens*[Communities of Practice](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/communities-practice)
*lens*[Education Focussed](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/education-focussed-careers/tags/education-focussed)
*lens*[UNSW Nexus](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/unsw-nexus)
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- 12 Dec 2024
### [The Assessment Integrity Chord: Three notes for assessment harmony and the three ways to achieve each](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/assessment-integrity-chord)
By **Professor Alex Steel**, Director AI Strategy Education and Professor in the Faculty of Law & Justice
*lens*[Blog](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/blog)
*lens*[Assessment and Feedback](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/assessment-and-feedback)
*lens*[Ed Tech and AI in Education](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/ed-tech-and-ai-education)
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