“if our celebrated “free press” was, in fact, as free it claims. If it really served as a watchdog on power. If it really held the feet of the political class to the fire. If it really served as a 4th Estate. Then the politicians would have no place to hide. #Genocide #Auspol

“The free, open access communications paradigm we have did not arrive like magic. It was the product of a fair amount of political wrangling” - that's why we must continue our fight for the web. 🙏 @washingtonpost.com for reviewing 'This Is for Everyone' www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Pleased to see our paper now published journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TL... #SoTL #AcademicSky #AIED

Such a rich legacy … & something to consider in the adoption of AI … “We are the most intellectual species to walk the planet, but we’re not intelligent. If you’re intelligent you don’t destroy your only home.” #aied #academicSky

ANU interim vice chancellor today announced no more forced redundancies under the Renew ANU program. Cuts are ongoing, but forced redundancies are off the table. It’s been a hard slog. Harms are ongoing. There’s still more work to do. I’m so proud of my colleagues, ANU community.

Universities may face extra £25,000 bill for TEF. Office for Students estimates cost of potential government funding withdrawal amid Teaching Excellence Framework shake-up. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Open science is more than just datasets. It's also opening access to scientific facilities and pipelines. OpenScope allows researchers from around the world to pitch experiments to be run – at not cost to them – in the Allen Brain Observatory. #OpenScienceWeek 🧠📈 youtu.be/13r9n0pSDLc?...

“Why” is powerful because it can carry ambiguous semantics. It’s a trigger for both reflection & dialogue … & a segue to explanation rather than description. The “search paradigm” was was not capable of handling it before GenAI

“ We need new open protocols and apps — a pro-democratic layer that empowers users and combats disinformation. Not only that, but to attract users, the new layer has to be much better …” #standards

Neuroscientists around the world use Brain Map to accelerate their research. 🧠📈 Explore the massive, free library of datasets, protocols, computational tools, and more at portal.brain-map.org #OpenScienceWeek

Australia opens consultation on Horizon Europe association. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

Yes!! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Next week is #OpenScienceWeek! Here's how you can celebrate wherever you are. 🧵

We are glad to announce the publication of the 'Towards a Micro-credential Framework for the Commonwealth' report which includes the 'Commonwealth Micro-credential Framework for Lifelong Learning' - hdl.handle.net/11599/5742 #microcredentials

#aied #academicsky www.uil.unesco.org/en/articles/...

"#Qualitative Research: Prioritizing Participant’s Individuality" - Researchers owe it to their participants & to the quality of their research outcomes to consider each participant as a unique individual w/ distinctive contributions to make to the study tinyurl.com/388yjbp3

The Question is … Are you thinking? What’s left of your mind? When you surrender all that’s inner to the artificial … machine kind? Is there a question That you can ask Just now, just you? A question that is questioning such a simple task? The question is ... Will you be wise?

March for Palestine rally over Brisbane's Victoria Bridge is absolutely huge. Thank you to all Australians in Brisbane & around the country marching today against Israel’s genocide. Anyone not standing with Palestine at this point in time is clearly on the fringe. #FreePalestine

#EduSky #AcademicSky www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Interesting insights from a prominent thought leader in the application of digital technologies in education punyamishra.com/2025/08/17/a...

everyday … another Darwin sunset

Once … there was another time,

#SDG4 #ICT4D Open call for good practices #UNESCO www.unesco.org/sdg4educatio...

"It's astonishing" - animal in India sings when sun is precisely 3.8° below horizon every dawn. Cicadas in southern India start their dawn chorus with remarkable accuracy, timing their song to a precise level of light during the pre-dawn hours. 🧪🪲 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

And while all eyes are on Gaza, another horror - killing, displacement, sexual violence and famine in what some are calling the worst humanitarian crisis right now - is taking place in Sudan The Most Nihilistic Conflict on Earth -by @anneapplebaum #Sudan www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Open science is opening doors for the next generation. For two weeks, Seattle students were part of the first-ever Open Science Quest, a summer course featuring hands-on training and exposure to STEM careers. More in our interactive story: alleninstitute.org/news/open-sc... #iTeachBio #EduSky

More than a third of young adults trust TikTok for their news, Amogh Dimri writes. The app’s news watchers insist that they can decipher what’s going on in the world, “even if they have to extrapolate facts from memes”:

… and the beach is breathing

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s social media ban faces major hurdles, including the spectre of lawsuits, privacy concerns and whether the change will actually work. #politics #federal

#ChatGPT #Universities #OpenAI #Artificial #intelligence #(AI) #World #news #Technology #Computing #Education Origin | Interest | Match

Insights on the Australian 2023 Voice referendum from Harvard Chair and new Substack Voice, Professor Davis #FirstNations #Indigenous professormegandavis1.substack.com?r=4uowd&utm_...

Indeed. 👉 archive.org/details/toml...

Coming soon! #aied #ethics ethz.ch/en/news-and-... A language model built for the public good | ETH Zurich

'With Donald Trump’s America showing zero commitment to democracy, the rule of law, human rights or free trade, is it time to admit things have changed?' How many ‘shared values’ does Australia actually have with it? - by Bernard Keane #USPolitics #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/23/u...

… & sense-making not always about making meaning … sudoku vs crosswords

A dozen Indonesian universities flagged by a new #research integrity risk index, sparked a warning to universities from Indonesia’s Ministry of Higher Education and Science, Kafil Yamin reports www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

Belligerent delusion Chaos & confusion An uglier ugliness Now sickening a nation

Tomorrow, the #ICJ rules on climate justice - and #FossilFuels are finally on trial. Why does it matter? Our new blog explains why naming and phasing out fossil fuels is a legal and moral necessity. Read more👉 bit.ly/4kPEEBU #ClimateJustice

The Trump administration is scrapping resettlement programs for over 250,000 Afghans who risked everything to help the U.S. Now they're exposed to Taliban retaliation, a clear betrayal. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Many people will have helped you during the past year. Supervisors, colleagues, administrative staff, participants. Make sure you say THANK YOU. #PhDforum #EMCRforum #gradschool #PhDchat #postdoc

Interested in a #teamwork tool that identifies potential areas of shared interest and helps a team develop collective awareness of complementary expertise? Check out this week’s great i2Insights contribution by Melanie Bauer, Joshua Roney and Stephen M. Fiore at i2insights.org/2025/07/22/s...