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Prof Cath Ellis

@cathellis13.bsky.social
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Quality and Integrity, Western Sydney Uni. Research into Contract Cheating. HEA National Teaching Fellow. BA (Hons), PhD, PFHEA

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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
A lovely surprise. If anyone wants to read the paper, it’s open access. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
tandfonline.com
The educational integrity enforcement pyramid: a new framework for challenging and responding to student cheating
Current approaches used by educational institutions to address the problem of student cheating are not working. This is because the discourse of academic integrity that currently dominates is, on i...
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Thanks for the commendation.
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Yes. We should start with stopping. If something is futile, trying to do it harder doesn’t make it any less futile.
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Helpful opinion from the SMH today www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
smh.com.au
Sydney Uni’s U-turn on AI is pragmatic teaching
Australian universities have been wringing their hands over the tsunami of artificial intelligence tools swamping tertiary education. The University of Sydney has taken a surprising step.
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Once again great reporting from Daniella in the SMH www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
smh.com.au
Sydney Uni students allowed to use AI in radical reversal of cheating policy
The plan, to be phased in next year, will mean students won’t be banned from using AI on homework or assignments.
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
They do - and this is an excellent resource that explains how they do this. youtu.be/e_PMfpcvlpQ
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Generative AI and reflective writing
YouTube video by TEQSAGov
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
George Williams talking absolute sense. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Uni boss’ bold plan to slash university fees and end $50,000 arts degrees
The plan would cost the government $1.7 billion a year and result in the cost of an arts degree falling from $50,000 to $28,000.
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Fully on brand at choir practice tonight.
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
It is if it has no weighting and is a purely formative self-test opportunity to support student learning.
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 23/03/2024
New paper alert - the Educational Integrity Enforcement Pyramid. Learning from history and from elsewhere to find a new approach to the challenging problem of student cheating. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
tandfonline.com
The educational integrity enforcement pyramid: a new framework for challenging and responding to student cheating
Current approaches used by educational institutions to address the problem of student cheating are not working. This is because the discourse of academic integrity that currently dominates is, on i...
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 27/12/2023
I’ve never used a drop spindle so am of no help at all. There is certainly a lot to learn. I’m at the stage of being able to make knit-able yarns but I figure out what to knit with I get rather than being able to make a yarn to pre-determined requirements.
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 26/12/2023
I tried learning (on a wheel not a drop spindle) from YouTube but in the end took a class at my local guild. Now I have the basic skill I can pick up things from videos but I needed that foundation in real time with an expert to get started.
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
C is blurrier than B but clear overlap.
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
#BelieveInTheCheese
Prof Phill Dawson talking about the Swiss Cheese model in front of an icon of Swiss cheese.
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
More focus on the perverse incentives driving research misconduct. www.smh.com.au/national/pub...
smh.com.au
‘Publish or perish’: Why Australian unis are stuck in a rankings chasing cycle
Australia’s chief scientist says the way research success is measured is not fit for purpose and has created incentives that reward quantity over quality.
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Prof Cath Ellis @cathellis13.bsky.social · 11/11/2023
Sounds like research misconduct oversight might be getting serious in Oz. www.smh.com.au/national/uni...
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