CRADLE PhD student Michelle Pedlow attended #HERDSA2026 and found that research is rarely a solitary endeavour; it grows through dialogue, curiosity and generosity. Read more of Michelle's reflections: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/learn...

CRADLE Blog: Learning, Feedback and Community: My reflections from HERDSA 2026

In this post we hear from CRADLE PhD student Michelle Pedlow about her experience at the HERDSA 2026 conference in Singapore. This was Michelle’s first HERDSA conference and first conference …

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Meet Michelle and Yessy, two of our new PhD students at CRADLE. Both Michelle and Yessy are studying aspects of feedback in higher education with us. Get to know Michelle and Yessy: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/meet-...

CRADLE Blog: Meet two of our new PhD students

Meet CRADLE’s newest PhD students, Michelle Pedlow and Yessy Hidajat. Both Michelle and Yessy share their thoughts on their decision to undertake further study and their aspirations for the PhD jou…

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Black Box Assessment, GenAI killing trust, and programmatic assessment. Some of the highlights for CRADLE PhD student Pearl Kang at AHE 2026. Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/find-...

Open now! Deakin Uni postgrad scholarship applications, apply to study with CRADLE! Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/open-...

CRADLE Blog: Open now! Apply for a 2027 PhD Scholarship

Applications for Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarships for 2027 are now open! This is your opportunity to undertake a PhD with CRADLE. If you’re a domestic or international student i…

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Applications for Deakin Uni's postgrad research scholarships open on Mon 6 July...next week! This is your chance to study with CRADLE. Prepare to apply now: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/are-y...

Meet our three new Visiting Scholars: Dr Kieran Balloo, A/Prof Kwang Cham, and Dr Joseph Crawford will be working with the CRADLE team on feedback. Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/meet-...

CRADLE Blog: Meet CRADLE’s three new Visiting Scholars

We’re pleased to announce that three CRADLE Visiting Scholars have been named for 2026. Congratulations to Dr Kieran Balloo (Southern Cross University), Associate Professor Kwang Cham (University o…

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CRADLE PhD student Turkan Istencioglu shares her experience of her first international conference. Was it worth the jet lag? Definitely according to Turkan! Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/sauna...

CRADLE Blog: Saunas, seagulls and feedback – my first international conference

In this post we hear from CRADLE PhD student Turkan Istencioğlu about her experience at the 2026 EARLI SIG 4 & 11 Conference in Helsinki. Turkan’s research focuses on Teacher Feedback Literacy …

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Are you afraid of the doubt? Education is not an undertaking one can achieve without doubt, so in an age of GenAI, Prof Mollie Dollinger asks are we willing to confront it, to speak it, and recognise where it has a place. Join us on Wed 15 July at 2pm. Register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/are-y...

CRADLE Blog: Are you afraid of the doubt? Educator uncertainty online

CRADLE Seminar Series 2026 #6: In this seminar, Curtin University’s Professor Mollie Dollinger unpacks what educator uncertainty means for fully online programs in an age of generative AI and asks,…

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How do we create assessment that serves learning? Find out with CRADLE Co-Director David Boud as he discusses this, and many other assessment questions, in the Campus Talks podcast with THE. Listen now: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/campu...

Campus Talks: How to create university assessments that serve learning

Learn what constitutes good feedback and how to get students actively engaged in learning from their assessments

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In a world where human and machine activity are increasingly difficult to separate, are validity and authenticity a way to evidence learning? CRADLE PhD student Sky Kusumastuti provides her thoughts on Professor Jason Lodge's very popular CRADLE Seminar: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/valid...

CRADLE Blog: Validity and authenticity: How to treat cognition and AI

In this post, CRADLE PhD student Sky Kusumastuti offers her reflections on our fourth seminar for 2026, ‘Entangled intelligence? Distributed cognition, AI agents, and assessment validity’. This sem…

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Is there still a place for grades in universities? CRADLE PhD student Lincoln Then James reviews Dr Juuso Nieminen's seminar Beyond Grades and finds the question leads to a deeper reconceptualistion of what learning looks like. Read Lincoln's review: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/beyon...

CRADLE Blog: Beyond grades: the depth of the challenge universities face

In this post, CRADLE PhD student Lincoln Then James offers his reflections on our third seminar for 2026, ‘Is it time to move beyond grades?’ After situating grades in their historical context, thi…

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Is #GenAI is severing the link between writing and the ideas writing represents? How can we respond to this evidentiary crisis? Find out with CRADLE and Kelly Webb-Davies. Join us on Tue 26 May at 10.30am. Read more & register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/how-t...

CRADLE Blog: How to respond to an evidentiary crisis: Voice-First Written Assessment

CRADLE Seminar Series 2026 #5: In this seminar, the University of Oxford’s Kelly Webb-Davies will outline Voice-First Written Assessment – a two-stage assessment model designed in response to…

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Join Prof. Jason Lodge as he explores how students' thinking is being changed by #genAI. How might this affect assessment? How do we get valid evidence of learning when learning itself has been transformed? Join us Wed 13 May at 2pm. Register / read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/entan...

CRADLE Blog: Entangled intelligence: Is AI changing the way students think?

CRADLE Seminar Series 2026 #4: In this seminar, the University of Queensland’s Professor Jason Lodge will consider whether generative AI is fundamentally restructuring how students think, and ask w…

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How do we prepare graduates for the AI-evolving world of work? CRADLE PhD student Siham AbuKhalaf discovers it's all about balance. Find out more as Siham reviews our latest CRADLE Seminar: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/all-a...

CRADLE Blog: All about balance? How to prepare graduates for the AI-evolving world (of work)

In this post, CRADLE PhD student Siham AbuKhalaf reflects on the critical question of our second seminar for 2026: Unknowable Futures: Preparing Graduates for an AI-Evolving World (of Work). In a w…

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Meet Katrina Clifford, Colin Simpson & Martin Potter, our three CRADLE Fellowship recipients for 2026. Congratulations to all three, and we look forward to collaborating with them on their projects. Read more about their Fellowship projects: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/three...

CRADLE Blog: Three new CRADLE Fellowships for 2026!

We are pleased to announce that three CRADLE Fellowships have been awarded for 2026. Congratulations and welcome to Associate Professor Katrina Clifford, Dr Colin Simpson and Associate Professor Ma…

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People and friendships were the highlights of Anastasiya Umarova's PhD journey with CRADLE. We congratulate Anastasiya on her recent graduation, and thank her for her timely research into feedback histories. Read more about Anastasiya's journey: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/peopl...

What was popular on our blog last year? No surprise that it involves #GenAI. See the top 3 posts: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/top-3...

One week to go! Don't miss out as we share 6 curriculum wide recommendations to prepare graduates for increasingly unknowable futures. Join us on Wed 18 March at 2pm. Online or in person... Read more and register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/unkno...

CRADLE Blog: Unknowable futures: How to prepare graduates for an AI-evolving world (of work)

In our second seminar for 2026 Deakin’s Dr Danni Hamilton, Associate Professor Lauren Hansen, and Professor Phillip Dawson share six curriculum-wide recommendations to prepare graduates for t…

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Why do universities keep using grades? @juusonieminen.bsky.social asks if it's time to move beyond grades. Join us on Wed 15 April 2026 at 2pm to hear a way to reassemble the work grades traditionally do. Read more and register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/is-it...

CRADLE Blog: Is it time to move beyond grades?

In this seminar CRADLE’s Dr Juuso Nieminen will critically discuss why higher education systems continue to use grades despite plenty of evidence on how they don’t work, and whether we should now m…

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Did you miss our first seminar of 2026? No problem, watch the recording now on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/GTN6_HqSIfo All our previous seminars are there too, catch up now!

CRADLE Seminar Series 2026 #1: Manifesto for feedback in the age of AI

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A provocation: that's how CRADLE PhD student Siham AbuKhalaf found the Manifesto for feedback was positioned by the creators during our first seminar of 2026. Read more of Siham's reflections: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/a-pro...

CRADLE Blog: A provocation: the manifesto for feedback

In this post, CRADLE PhD student Siham AbuKhalaf reflects on the timely and salient messages of our first seminar for 2026: Manifesto for feedback in the age of AI. The topics are closely aligned w…

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What is the future of feedback in the age of Artificial Intelligence? Join our panel, facilitated by Prof Margaret Bearman, to discuss the manifesto for of feedback in the age of #GenAI and kick off our Seminar Series for 2026! Read more and register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/what-...

How do we prepare graduates for an AI-evolving world? Find out as we propose six curriculum-wide recommendations. Join us at Deakin Downtown or online on Wed 18 March at 2pm (AEDT). Read more & register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/unkno...

Collaborate with us! Applications for the CRADLE Visiting Scholars Scheme 2026 are now open. The scheme offers support for researchers in Australia or NZ with aligned expertise to visit CRADLE for in-person collaborative work. Apply by 16 Mar 2026. Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/colla...

What is the future of feedback in the age of Artificial Intelligence? Join our panel, facilitated by Prof Margaret Bearman, to discuss the manifesto for of feedback in the age of #GenAI and kick off our Seminar Series for 2026! Read more and register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/what-...

Number 1 again! CRADLE Co-Director David Boud has been named the top Australian researcher in Higher Education by The Australian's Research Magazine 2026. For the 7th year in a row! Congratulations David. Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/sensa...

Picture my research: From research to illustration. CRADLE PhD student Ameena Payne recently gave a short presentation on her research, with artist Sarah Firth turning it into a graphic illustration as she spoke! See the result: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/from-...

Congratulations Jess! Dr Jess Lees has completed her PhD journey with CRADLE. Jess explored how digital tech features in teaching of physical examination for health professional students. Jess describes her PhD journey as a transformative experience. Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/congr...

The reality of uncertainty: Dr Nicole Crawford shares her reflections and key takeaways from our last seminar of 2025, where Prof Margaret Bearman discussed the role that feedback cultures play in improving #feedback. Read Nicole's thoughts here: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/the-r...

Our work suggests that the biggest influence on how #feedback is done is not nation or institution – but your work practices. Check our research-based strategies for a guide on how to navigate feedback cultures in your workplace. Read more and get the guides: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/how-t...