Events
Source: https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/events Parent: https://www.education.unsw.edu.au
All upcoming events
### Term 1 2026 (16 Feb - 24 Apr)
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Registration forms and more information for the following events are hyperlinked below. Please keep checking this page for event and registration updates.
| Date | Time | Topic | Presenter/s | Format | Series |
| Tue 10/3 - Thu 12/3 | 9am - 4pm | Curriculum Transformation Media and Immersive drop in week (Teaching Commons) | PVCE Media & Immersive team | In person | |
| Wed 11/3 | 10 - 11am | Curriculum Transformation Navigating assessment design in the evolving era of GenAI | Cherie Lucas | In person and online | Assessment & Feedback series |
| Wed 11/3 | 2 - 4pm | Curriculum Transformation Immersive workshop | PVCE Immersive team | In person | |
| Thu 12/3 | 12 - 2pm | Curriculum Transformation Media workshop | PVCE Media team | In person | |
| Tue 24/3 - Thu 2/4 | Times vary | Curriculum Transformation Program Authorities series | Hosts vary | In person and online | Program Authorities series |
| Tue 7/4 | 2 - 3pm | SoTL - Research Dissemination | Danielah Martinez | In person and online | SoTL series |
| Tue 5/5 | 2 - 3pm | SoTL - What makes a good SoTL Poster? Visually communicating SoTL research | Emma Mills | In person and online | SoTL series |
Find out more about Curriculum Transformation here.
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### Pedagogical Principles series (Curriculum Transformation)
UNSW colleagues are invited to participate in sessions that support redesigning and restructuring our courses and programs across UNSW, relating to pedagogical principles.
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### Assessment & Feedback series (Curriculum Transformation)
UNSW colleagues are invited to participate in workshops to support redesigning and restructuring our courses and programs across UNSW, relating to assessment and feedback.
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- Tue 10 - Thu 12 March
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9am - 4pm
### PVCE Media & Immersive week (UNSW's Teaching Commons)
Drop into the Teaching Commons to chat with the PVCE Media & Immersive team, and attend an interactive workshop!
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- Tues 24 Mar - Thu 2 Apr
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### Program Authorities series (Curriculum Transformation)
Program Authorities are invited to a two-week series committed to shaping excellent learning experiences.
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- Fri 27 March
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9.30am - 10.30am
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UNSW Business School will host August's UNFED meeting, focusing on inclusive learning, building our tutor community, and encouraging the adoption and implementation of AI.
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UNSW Education Event Series & Resources
[#### NSW HE Summit 2024 Panel
Scientia Education Academy Lecture Series](#items-4917)
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The SEA Lecture Series highlights the thought-leadership and innovative educational strategies and practices of our outstanding educators and their esteemed networks. Through the lectures, our UNSW Scientia Education Academy promotes educational excellence, and facilitates high-level discussions about the future of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
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UNSW's Education Festival](#items-4921)
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An annual festival encompassing the former Learning & Teaching Forum and events from UNSW faculties that inspire, elevate and celebrate education in our UNSW community. The festival fosters cross-faculty connections and collaborations, featuring presentations from various parts of our institution.
Past Events
Tue 25 - Thu 27 November 2025
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All day
UNSW's Education Festival 2025
Inspire Learning. Elevate Teaching. Celebrate Education.
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Assessment & Feedback series (Curriculum Transformation)
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Tuesday 3 March 2026
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2-3pm
Participate in the upcoming Scholarship of Teaching of Learning sessions in 2026!
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Thu 11 September 2025
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2pm - 3pm
Equity students’ experiences: Implications for curriculum and assessment design
Join Deakin University's A/Prof. Joanna Tai as she offers in-depth insights into equity students’ experiences of navigating and negotiating their university studies.
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Thu 4 September 2025
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10 - 4pm
AI in Education Festival 2025
If you’d like to know more about what’s happening in and around UNSW with AI and teaching and learning, come and join us for our second AI Fest on Thursday, 4 September from 10am to 4pm in the Teaching Commons.
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Thu 3 July 2025
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9am - 6pm
QILT Symposium & NSW Higher Education Summit
This year, the New South Wales Higher Education Summit is being held in conjunction with UNSW’s inaugural Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) Symposium.
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Thu 19 June 2025
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11am - 12pm
Positive strategies for university wellbeing in turbulent times
Join Prof. Paula Brough from Griffith University in exploring evidence-based strategies from the positive psychology movement to help both staff and students navigate turbulent times and boost wellbeing in university settings.
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Tue 27 May 2025
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10am - 11am
LinkedIn: How can this platform work for you?
This interactive workshop is designed to help staff utilise LinkedIn as a powerful tool for academic recognition, networking, and career advancement.
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Thu 3 April 2025
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1 - 2pm
Bridging Education, Innovation & Social Impact through Vertically Integrated Projects
Discover how UNSW educators Prof. Sami Kara and A/Prof. Lauren Kark are bridging education, research, innovation, design, and entrepreneurship to tackle real-world challenges beyond the constraints of the academic calendar.
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18 - 27 November 2024
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Across two weeks
UNSW's Education Festival 2024
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Fri 18 Oct or Wed 6 Nov
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1-2pm & 12-1pm
Fundamentals of AI and contract cheating detection in assessments
The Conduct and Integrity Office (CIO) is offering a session to educate teaching staff on the basics of how to detect signs of contract cheating and unauthorized AI use in assessments, and what to do when it is identified.
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Mon 4 November 2024
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1-2pm
Preparing learners for adaptively responding to uncertainty
Prof. Michelle Lazarus will explore how uncertainty manifests across various careers, examine the pros and cons of different strategies for managing uncertainty tolerance, and discuss the psychological factors that shape our responses.
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Tue 29 October 2024
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3.30 - 4.30pm
Navigating challenges in Work-Integrated Learning
Discuss ongoing challenges and explore the opportunities to advance Work-Integrated Learning to better meet the needs of diverse stakeholders.
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Thu 5 September 2024
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1 - 2pm
Improving feedback and developing student feedback literacy
Learn the capabilities required for effective teacher feedback, explore how to improve student feedback literacy and their ability to seek feedback, make sense of it, and work with their emotions throughout the process.
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Tue 3 September 2024
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9 - 4pm
AI in Education Festival
Enjoy a day to recharge and be inspired about AI use in education.
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Tue 6 - Thu 8 August
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10am - 4pm
Discover the innovative potential of AV for teaching and learning
Explore the future of AV technology for education at a staff showcase this August.
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Fri 28 June 2024
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3 - 7pm
New South Wales Higher Education Summit 2024
The Summit brought together thought leaders and practitioners from across the country, to explore key issues impacting and shaping the HE sector, focusing on AI and Assessment.
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Tue 18 June 2024
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4 - 4.45pm
In conversation with Jason Lodge
Explore the future of AI in education with Associate Professor Jason Lodge from The University of Queensland, live on Tuesday 18 June at 4 pm with the AI Education Focussed Community of Practice. This event is open to all UNSW staff.
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Thu 23 May 2024
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12.30pm - 2pm
From Barriers to Bridges: Empowering gender equity in academics to better prepare students for employability
Empowering gender equity in academia, Prof. Niessen-Ruenzi & Dr Natalie Oh address bias and female leadership, enhancing student employability at UNSW.
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Thu 11 April 2024
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2 - 3pm
Enhancing student experience in large classes through purposeful design
Join us for the upcoming SEA lecture that will uncover the practical design of engaging students in large-scale courses, building on a comprehensive strategic project being conducted at The University of Sydney Business School.
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Wed 27 March to Wed 3 April
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EF Visiting Teaching Fellowship Events (Engineering)
Join Associate Professor Irina Lazar from UCL for a series of EF Visiting Teaching Fellowship events during her visit from 25 Mar to 05 April 2024. A/Prof Lazar is hosted by EF academic, Dr Irene Renaud-Assemat from the UNSW Faculty of Engine
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Fri 9 February 2024
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1 - 2:15pm
Developing your Generative AI Prompt Engineering Skills 101
If you have ever wanted a ‘quick start session’ to use GenAI as a tool to create efficiencies, this session is for you.
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20 - 24 November 2023
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Week-long festival
UNSW's Education Festival 2023
Inspire Learning. Elevate Teaching. Celebrate Education.
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Wed 1 November 2023
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1 - 2pm
The Student Experience: Making sense of data in a complex higher education era
Join us for the upcoming SEA lecture where Dr Mollie Dollinger will discuss critical questions and insights on using data to inform the future of the student experience.
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Wed 11 October 2023
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12 - 1pm
From hype to despair and back again: Where to next with generative AI and assessment?
Join us for the upcoming SEA lecture that will discuss the future of educational assessment building on a national forum of assessment and AI experts held in August 2023.
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Wed 6 September 2023
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12 - 1.30pm
AI Prompt Engineering for Assessment 101
Join Senior Lecturers Peter Neal and Sarah Grundy in this hands-on workshop, based on a leading Australian paper on how Generative AI affects assessment integrity.
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Friday 30 June 2023
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3pm - 6.30pm
New South Wales Higher Education Summit 2023
The NSW Higher Education Summit hosted by the UNSW Scientia Education Academy will bring together thought leaders and practitioners from across our state, to explore key issues impacting and shaping the HE sector now and into the future. 
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Wed 24 May 2023
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2 - 4pm
Redesigning assessment for a world in which generative AI and contract cheating exist
In this Masterclass workshop, learn how to respond to the challenges that new forms of cheating present to the integrity of academic assessment.
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Tues 4 April 2023
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3-5pm
Grades, Risk and Psychopathy: Students’ Willingness to Pay for Essays
Identify the links between grades, risk and psychopathy in contract cheating with Prof. Dan Rigby from the University of Manchester.
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Fri 3 February 2023
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10 - 11am
ChatGPT & AI in our teaching
A discussion on the implications of generative AI platforms for education and academic integrity at UNSW.
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Tues 18 October 2022
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1-2pm
To grade or not to grade
Explore the concerns of grading systems and the strategy for eliminating grades within a competency-based assessment system with Prof. Karen Hauer from the University of California, San Francisco.
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21 - 25 November 2022
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Week-long event
UNSW's Education Festival 2022
Inspire. Challenge. Celebrate.
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Fri 9 September 2022
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1-2pm
What makes a quality SoTL publication?
A panel session with teaching and learning journal editors and reviewers
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Mon 19 September 2022
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12-1pm
Innovations in Training: Responding to a Crisis in Virtual Reality
Australia’s leading VR company will present on creating a VR experience to prepare students to apply first aid in disaster
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Fri 29 July 2022
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10 - 11am
Relationships, learning, and belonging at university
Explore how relationship-rich experiences at university ensure every student feels welcomed and inspired to learn
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23 - 27 November 2021
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UNSW's Education Festival 2021
Inspire. Challenge. Celebrate.
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28 October 2021
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12 - 1pm
Innovations in training using artificial intelligence and machine learning
How are latest immersive technologies impacting a range of sectors? Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning get you ready for take-off or surgery?
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12 October 2021
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1 - 2pm
Long live the lecture!
A/Prof Melanie White considers what makes the lecture so distinct as a form of meaning-making, pedagogical experience, and knowledge production.
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10 June 2021
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1 - 2pm
Personalising the UNSW experience: Staying human while working with the machine
Associate Professor Simon McIntyre explores how we can be proactive in our use of data, and what this could mean for the personalisation of an entire UNSW experience.
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28 April 2021
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1 - 2pm
The Care Factor: Foundations and practice of supporting student success and wellbeing
Our Scientia Education Academy Fellows discuss the rationale for a collaborative, coordinated and multifaceted approach that empowers our students to thrive.
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4 March 2021
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12 - 1pm
Driving tests and art prizes: Making assessment fit for purpose
Professor Alex Steel will explore issues on assessment, consider some of the goals of assessment, and suggest some paths forward.
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22 February 2020
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4:00 - 6:00pm
Visualising the Future | Open Forum
How can emergent technologies, methodologies and practices enable us to understand complex information, and harness new perspectives to help solve complex issues that we are facing right now?
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26 November 2019
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9:00am - 3:30pm
2019 Learning and Teaching Forum
In the shifting landscape of higher education this year’s Learning and Teaching Forum will showcase learning and teaching practices which demonstrates opportunities explored in the face of increasing change.
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18 October 2019
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9:00am - 3:30pm
Inspired Learning Summit 2019
The Inspired Learning Summits celebrate the educational innovations and partnerships that enhance educators’ teaching and enrich students’ learning at UNSW.
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20 September 2019
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8:30am -6:30pm
Australian Cyber Security Education Summit 2019
The SECedu Institute at UNSW is bringing together major cybersecurity educators and leaders in the profession from across Australia to discuss and share what it takes to build a secure digital future.
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24 September 2019
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12:00 - 2:00pm
Inclusive Education Showcase
This interactive showcase is for anyone interested in the technologies and practices of inclusive education design to make teaching and learning more accessible to all students.
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