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By Dr Deborah Barros Leal Farias, UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture

Deborah shares her experience of how handing out free chocolate to her students taught her a life lesson on overcoming imposter syndrome.

By Professor Elizabeth (Liz) Angstmann, UNSW Science
Liz shares her experience of trialing the removal of grades from a physics course, by unpacking the rationale for the move...

By Professor Gary Velan, UNSW Medicine & Health

Gary discusses the issue of 'Marksism', a term he uses to describe the pernicious culture of assessment focused on marks, and lists strategies to combat the problem.

By Professor Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality

Merlin discusses his thoughts on the importance of teachers rather than technology in education.

By Associate Professor Lynn Gribble,  UNSW Business School

Lynn shares ideas on moving forward with ChatGPT and Generative AI tech with students as we enter the 2023 teaching year.

By Evelyne de Leeuw, UNSW Medicine & Health

Professor Evelyne de Leeuw describes the fascinating process of developing a public health teaching program for medical students in regional Australia.

By Sarah Spackman, PVCESE and School of Art & Design

By Jacky Cranney, Nalini Pather, Leesa Sidhu, Gary Velan; SEA Fellows

Scientia Education Academy Fellows on building 'relatedness' and 'belonging' for students and how to address the issue.

By Dr James Bedford, Academic Learning Facilitator.
 

James shares his thoughts on the Term 1 2022 Course Design Institute at UNSW Sydney.

By Sophie Kearns, Team Lead, Student Support.

Sophie shares her deliberations about the beauty and importance of caring for our students.

By Neil Lawrence, Technical Officer, School of Physics

Neil shares his experience introducing a new custom-built 'digital whiteboard' which has had an incredible academic uptake.