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Claire Field
@clairefield.bsky.social
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Writes about: higher education, vocational education and training, international education and GenAI/EdTech
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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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parismarx.com
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
clairefield.bsky.social
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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abcnewsbot.bsky.social
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
clairefield.bsky.social
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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science.org.au
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
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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...
1st of 2 screenshots from the article “* only 3% of A-level entries are in languages, and a mighty slug of those would come from independent schools; * undergraduate enrolments in languages are down by 20% in five years; * language teacher recruitment is less than half of what it needs to be; * there would still be language teacher shortages if every languages graduate went into teaching. * 28 out of 38 post-1992 universities have closed their language departments: * it is now quite common for Oxbridge colleges to get fewer than 10 applicants each for languages. That’s less than Classics, by Jove.“ 2nd screenshot * “20% of primary school pupils are categorised as EAL, i.e. English is not their first language; * this figure materially understates the percentage of pupils who are multilingual in our schools: for example, I know that over 50% of the pupils in the school where I was head were bilingual, even though none of them were categorised as EAL. * in many areas of many of our cities, there are primary schools where 90% of pupils are classed as EAL pupils. * there are many, many schools in London, or Birmingham, or Leicester, or Bradford where 30, or 40, or even 50 languages are spoken. * the schools with the greatest linguistic diversity are very often the schools in the most disadvantaged areas, areas where language uptake is at its lowest. And yet, little or no attention, or regard or honour is given to these languages, or to the pupils that speak them. Instead, in 96% of primary schools, it is French or Spanish which is taught, often by primary school teachers who don’t even have a GCSE in the subject. It may be no surprise that too few pupils arrive keen to study a language at GCSE when their language experience has been limited and, to their already multilingual minds, irrelevant.“
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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the-independent.com
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!

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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...
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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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www.theage.com.au/national/hea...
Head of CFMEU’s massive training operation facing 21 fraud charges
The police taskforce tackling construction industry lawlessness has set its sights on alleged conduct at the union’s multimillion-dollar training base.
www.theage.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 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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sydney.edu.au
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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www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/n...
Aiming Higher: Distinguished Professor George Williams on the future of Australian universities
In a new essay, Distinguished Professor George Williams AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, calls for stronger support for students, a renewed focus on universities’ public mission, and greater recogni...
www.westernsydney.edu.au
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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australia.theguardian.com
ANU bought shares in Israeli weapons maker after pledging to stop controversial arms investments
ANU bought shares in Israeli weapons maker after pledging to stop controversial arms investments
Exclusive: University says Elbit Systems, whose drones have been used extensively in Gaza, not on any controversial weapons list when shares bought and sold this year * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Australian National University bought $138,000 worth of shares in Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer in March, despite an earlier pledge to not invest in controversial arms companies. The investments in Elbit Systems were made 12 days after Israel shattered a pause in hostilities with airstrikes that killed more than 400 people in Gaza. At the time, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had warned the renewed military offensive was “only the beginning”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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drdemography.com
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-...
Public consultation opens on design of the next census 03 November 2025, 11:00am Stats NZ is seeking feedback on the proposed data collection and content for the next census. New Zealand is moving to a census model that prioritises the use of information already collected by government, known as administrative (admin) data, supported by information collected through a new annual census survey and other tailored
November 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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some-news.bsky.social
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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abcnewsbot.bsky.social
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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ettemedia.bsky.social
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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kiftsally.bsky.social
📢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?
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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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marquelawyers.com.au
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
clairefield.bsky.social
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
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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
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Comparison of 2025 and 2026 caps - for each university the first number is their 2025 cap, the 2nd number is their 2026 cap, and the % figure is the annual increase Federation University Australia 1,100 1,800 64% Charles Sturt University 1,000 1,600 60% The University of Newcastle 1,600 2,050 28% Charles Darwin University (CDU) 2,200 2,650 20% University of Canberra 1,500 1,800 20% The University of Western Australia 3,000 3,550 18% Western Sydney University 3,400 4,000 18% Curtin University 3,500 4,100 17% La Trobe University 4,100 4,800 17% Macquarie University 4,500 5,250 17% Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 6,600 7,700 17% Southern Cross University 1,300 1,500 15% Deakin University (Deakin) 5,700 6,550 15% The University of Notre Dame Australia 700 800 14% The University of Queensland 7,050 8,050 14% The University of Melbourne 9,300 10,500 13% University of the Sunshine Coast 1,200 1,350 13% Victoria University** 3,600 4,050 13% Australian Catholic University 1,700 1,900 12% University of Technology Sydney 4,800 5,350 11% Murdoch University 3,500 3,900 11% Australian National University 3,400 3,750 10% Griffith University 3,600 3,950 10% The University of New South Wales 9,500 10,350 9% Adelaide University 6,750 7,350 9% Monash University 10,390 11,300 9% Queensland University of Technology 4,500 4,750 6% Central Queensland University 3,000 3,150 5% University of Southern Queensland** 1,000 1,050 5% Edith Cowan University 3,600 3,700 3% University of Wollongong 3,600 3,700 3% University of Tasmania (UTas) 2,200 2,250 2% Flinders University 3,000 3,000 0% James Cook University 2,200 2,200 0% Swinburne University of Technology 4,500 4,500 0% The University of Sydney 11,900 11,900 0% University of New England 700 700 0% Total 145,190 160,850 11%
October 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM