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Claire Field
@clairefield.bsky.social
Writes about: higher education, vocational education and training, international education and GenAI/EdTech
Well done to James Cook University and others involved in this really important work

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Uniting Pacific islands against mosquitoes in Honiara
This week James Cook University (JCU) faculty have joined forces with Pacific health representatives from 16 countries in Honiara, Solomon Islands, for the 2025 Pacific Mosquito Surveillance Strengthe...
www.jcu.edu.au
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.

The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This podcast episode recaps some of what I've learned from 3 really important conferences/summits focussed on AI & how it's changing everything, not just education.

Out now in your podcast feed or listen online:
What now? What next? Insights into Australia's tertiary education sector
Claire Field talks with leaders and experts from within the Australian tertiary education sector and across the global ed-tech sector
whatnowwhatnext.buzzsprout.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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An international student has been awarded $10,000 in compensation after a tribunal found she was unfairly evicted from her university accommodation after she made complaints about noisy students.
Student found to be unfairly evicted from uni housing awarded $10k
An international student has been awarded $10,000 in compensation after a tribunal found she was unfairly evicted from her university accommodation after she made complaints about noisy students.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
At a time of scrutiny on university governance it was good to hear in yesterday’s Senate inquiry that @flindersuniversity.bsky.social
- has open Council meetings
- publishes Council minutes &
- staff & student Council members are in the room for confidential sessions www.youtube.com/live/9RAyu17...
Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee | Adelaide, SA | 10/11/2025
YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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We’re proud to lead a delegation to Aotearoa New Zealand for an Indigenous-led research summit, as part of the Tri-Academy Partnership. The events, held with @royalsocietynz.bsky.social & @src-rsc.bsky.social‬, are establishing an int'l, Indigenous-led research agenda.
https://youtu.be/R2N-rTD-OAk
A Research Summit on Cultural Heritage in an Era of Reconciliation #TAP2024
YouTube video by The Royal Society of Canada
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Some great points about fewer students learning languages at school but many more being bilingual. The same is undoubtedly true in Australia and hopefully will be front of mind in the parliamentary inquiry underway into ‘Building Australia’s Asia Capability’

www.aph.gov.au/About_Parlia...
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support
College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support
College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support
www.independent.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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National Socialist Network rallied with police permission at NSW Parliament. The state remains ineffective in responding to the advancement of neo-Nazi groups. Here are their faces sent to us by community members - help us ID them!

write.as/thewhiterose...
Do you know these nazis?
Today, Saturday November 8 2025, NSW National Socialist Network (NSN) members held an antisemitic rally outside NSW Parliament House un...
write.as
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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In their efforts to stay on Country, my grandmother and many other Aboriginal women did the work of stockmen and helped to establish vast cattle and sheep stations during those times. The women wore men’s clothing, had their hair cut or tucked under their hats and tended to herds of bullocks
Friday essay: Debra Dank’s grandmother was a ‘drover’s boy’. Her stolen wages can’t be recovered
Stella Prize shortlisted author Debra Dank reflects on how her family’s lives were scarred by stolen wages and colonial violence – and on the complexities of apologies.
theconversation.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Delighted that the University of Canberra has announced my appointment as Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, and Director of UC's new Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas. Looking forward to developing this exciting initiative from early 2026. www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/med...
UC launches newly established Vice-Chancellor’s Centre of Public Ideas and appointment of inaugural director
UC to establish the Vice-Chancellor’s Centre of Public Ideas, and Prof Frank Bongiorno AM to take up Donald Horne Professorship as Centre director.
www.canberra.edu.au
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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A new cooling paint developed by @sydney.edu.au researchers and Dewpoint Innovations can passively cool buildings and keep surfaces up to six degree cooler 👏
Cooling paint harvests water from thin air
University of Sydney researchers, working with startup Dewpoint Innovations, have developed a paint-like polymer that can passively cool buildings and extract atmopsheric water, an invention that could cool urban heat islands and supplement tank water.
go.sydney.edu.au
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Stats NZ is moving away from traditional census taking and is seeking public input on the new era of enumeration www.stats.govt.nz/news/public-...
November 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.
Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time
www.bbc.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Imagine visiting a health clinic where you may be exposed to asbestos, leaking roofs and lead in the water pipes. That's the reality for remote NT, according to a new report.
Asbestos, lead, a leaky roof: The state of healthcare in remote NT
Imagine visiting a health clinic where you may be exposed to asbestos, leaking roofs and lead in the water pipes. That's the reality for remote NT, according to a new report.
www.abc.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Egyptian-Canadian journalist Omar El-Akkad, author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This, on the refusal to give up hope.

Listen to his raw conversation with @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/45d98p2h
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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📢In my #NeededNowLT blog w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
@unsw.edu.au Steel
Valid assessment is a plausible argument not an absolute
Beyond: Exam good, Essay bad
🤔What is valid assessment?
🤔What plausible arguments do we have that this assessment is evidence of learning?
open.substack.com/pub/neededno...
Valid assessment is a plausible argument not an absolute
Alex Steel, University of New South Wales
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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🪙 Sam Campbell's deleted scene from "The Idea of Australia"
October 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Sydney-based teachers needed for short survey about language brokering in schools - when children serve as interpreters for their parents

www.languageonthemove.com/language-bro...
Language brokering in schools
Are you a Sydney-based teacher who needs to communicate with parents who do not speak English or do not speak it well? Do you sometimes have to ask students to translate for you to communicate with…
www.languageonthemove.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Our client Dr Nick Riemer on the 18C case against him and his colleague Prof John Keane
Anti-Zionism on trial - ABC listen
University of Sydney academics Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane will be facing the Federal Court on Monday 13th October after university colleagues made a complaint of anti-Semitism against the...
www.abc.net.au
October 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I'm attending GITEXGlobal in Dubai and yesterday heard from policymakers from across the globe (so much to think about). Today the discussion is moving into AI sovereignty and AI in the public service - 1 example - the Abu Dhabi govt delivers 1,100 government services in 90 languages in 1 app TAMM 🤯
October 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
2026 public uni international student caps have been released. Federation Uni & Charles Sturt Uni will be very pleased by their increases, while 5 unis chose not to apply for an increase. Student accommodation places & SE Asia links were criteria for higher caps
www.education.gov.au/download/197...
October 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM