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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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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Australia falls behind Russia and is now level with India on @hepi-news.bsky.social 2026 Soft Power index. The US has educated 66 current world leaders The UK 60 & France 29. Then it’s Russia (12), Australia (8) and India (8). Lots for Australia to ponder www.hepi.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Chart showing trends across the top 6 countries on the index between 2017 and 2026.

US has grown from 57 to 66
UK from 58 to 60
France from 34 to 29 (albeit the graph makes it look like a bigger fall?)
Russia 9 to 12
Australia 9 to 8
India 3 to 8
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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You know one way of stopping AI agents from accessing Australian government data would be by making them have MyGov accounts.
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"We observe how students actually used the AI tutor, and the answer is: not much." hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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Students didn't get answers from Khanmigo. They didn't want its questions, either
A large study of Khan Academy’s math program found no extra benefits from AI
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The final report of the NSW parliamentary inquiry into university governance is out and it’s a deeply uncomfortable read - even though there are no surprises if you watched any of the hearings or read the transcripts
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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster): This is a small passerine bird native to southeastern Australia. Photo taken by Nikki Long, Tasmania, Australia. #robin #pinkrobin #australia #bird #wildlife #pink
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
“our ai broke out and hacked some organisations” = "we failed to set up appropriate safeguards, failed to continuously monitor our experiments, and ignored a basic principle of reinforcement learning: if hacking gets rewarded, the system learns to hack"
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Some thoughts on how the changes to international education announced by Minister Burke yesterday will likely impact the sector - including a significant impact in Western Australia because of the high numbers of students from Bhutan: clairefield.com.au/internationa...
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International education changes – Claire Field & Associates
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Glengyron @glengyron.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Want more builders, nurses, or doctors? You either fund university and training positions and wait 4 to 5 years for someone to, at great cost, become one of these skilled people OR You take someone from overseas who has already got the skill It's really basic stuff.
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Even though we’re probably all familiar with the broad outline of Britain’s slave trading history - this research is deeply confronting and hugely important www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
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Monarchs, MPs and merchants: the register laying bare Britain’s slave-trading past
Exclusive: New research identifies thousands who profited from trafficking enslaved Africans and traces some financial links to institutions still operating today
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Human Cost of 25 Years of US Wars Powerful @aljazeera.com piece (incl. superb infographics) of lives lost to US militarism, the human displacement crisis from countries attacked by the US, and the impact on US soldiers too. US war crimes across the globe. #USA #USPolitics #war aje.news/qpqwvu
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‘Everything changed’: The human cost of 25 years of US wars
Successive wars launched after 9/11 have killed at least 4.5 million people and displaced more than 38 million others.
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Vorlen Publishing @benkrauter.com · 11/09/2026
My neighbor is a super sweet guy! He got picked to ref the NFL game in Australia, and he wanted to honor the AFL, so he popped this move during the game. #NFL #AFL #Australia
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
'Humanities & social sciences research is central to ask questions about how and in whose interests technology is being developed, how it can be adopted, deployed & governed and how to create a world where AI can benefit the many, not the few' My blog for @ukri.org ukri.substack.com/p/why-ai-wil...
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Why AI will fail without the humanities and social sciences
AI can transform society. But only if society has a say in shaping it, writes Hetan Shah, Chief Executive of The British Academy.
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Agree 100%
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
ATEC is due to release a National Credit Recognition Framework before 1 Jan 2027 - to help more higher education students get credit for vocational education study. But I think it‘s likely to be much more complex to build than envisioned: clairefield.com.au/national-cre...
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National Credit Recognition – challenges in making it work – Claire Field & Associates
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There’s a decline in low-SES students going to uni & thousands of students who do go, now rely on university-run foodbanks. We need to increase Youth Allowance & reduce the highest level of university student fees. My contribution to Equity Insights 2026 www.acses.edu.au/publication/...
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Equity Insights 2026: Understanding student realities and redesigning systems for success - ACSES
Equity Insights brings together diverse voices, evidence, and lived experience so that we can better understand the realities facing university students today.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 08/09/2026
She was only six years old. In 1960, Ruby Bridges helped desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, escorted by federal marshals. That little girl turns 72 today. Happy Birthday, Ruby Bridges. ♥️ #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
Side-by-side photos of Ruby Bridges as an adult and as a six-year-old child. The childhood image shows Ruby smiling in the doorway of William Frantz Elementary School in 1960, wearing a plaid dress and light-colored jacket.
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
TEQSA has finalised their compliance assessment of the Australian National University and has imposed four conditions focussed on improving governance and the operations of the University Council: www.teqsa.gov.au/national-reg...
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Patricia Kingori’s work on the “shadow scholars” of Africa is fascinating: “One Kenyan writer told me he applied for a job at an Ivy League university. When the rejection came through, he wrote back to say thanks, then added: “Just so you know, I’ve written all these papers for your institutions””
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Shadow scholars: inside Kenya’s multibillion-dollar fake-essay industry
Sociologist Patricia Kingori is helping to expose contract cheating by scholars in high-income countries.
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Tone Goodfellow @goodfellow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Waiting for the right time to talk about climate change
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Forgot to post this yesterday - the latest podcast episode is out with my summary of evidence given to the Senate inquiry into the new university funding bill: whatnowwhatnext.buzzsprout.com
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem, feminist icon and founder of Ms. Magazine, has died at 92 cnn.it/4iDYgLO
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Guy Curtis @guycurtis10.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Sometimes students see problems more clearly than educators: www.afr.com/policy/healt...
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Giving in to AI onslaught gives up on university’s pursuit of knowledge
If a tertiary degree can simply be taught as a lecturer interacting with you through an intermediary AI engine, what is the point of the university course at all?
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"A single unreleased report exposes a much bigger question: should Australians be able to see the research that shapes education policy?” writes Ben Sacco, author and Managing Director of Education Economy. Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I’ll be keenly watching the Senate Committee inquiry into the government’s higher education funding changes today even though I didn’t make a submission (I think on these proposed changes unis are best placed to explain the impacts they will have) www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
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Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026
Committee: Education and Employment Legislation Committee Date referred: 2 July 2026 Submissions closed: 31 July 2026 Reporting date: 3 September 2026 On 2 July 2026, the Senate referred the Universit...
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ukrainian cathedrals, Gaza’s archives, Iranian squares – modern war is systematically erasing human history | Simon Jenkins
It is not enough now for war to kill, it must eradicate a people’s cherished and precious heritage too, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Excellent day 1 at the VET Development Centre’s conference yesterday incl. an early heads-up on new NCVER research on learner psychosocial needs. Keep an eye out on the NCVER website for the report’s release
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Royal commission into artificial intelligence launched in South Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Breaking: SA launches royal commission into artificial intelligence
South Australia is launching a royal commission into artificial intelligence, with the state's premier saying society is at a "fork in the road".
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A very thoughtful statement from the NSW Education Minister Prue Car on why she’s asked the NSW Education Standards Agency for urgent advice on academic integrity in relation to AI and whether at-home assignments should be ruled out for senior school students lnkd.in/p/gzxwz6F3
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Artificial intelligence is one of the most significant technological advances of our time. It has enormous potential to improve lives, boost productivity and analyse data for potentially life-saving… ...
Artificial intelligence is one of the most significant technological advances of our time. It has enormous potential to improve lives, boost productivity and analyse data for potentially life-saving s...
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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
How come we're still taxing the winners of arts prizes and not the winners of The Block?
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Miles Franklin winners are taxed but winners on The Block aren't. How's that fair?
Last night, Queanbeyan local Omar Musa won the 2026 Miles Franklin award for the 'novel with the highest literary merit which presents Australian life.' He received a $60,000 prize, only he won’t get ...
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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
It’s science week. It’s also guy with no knowledge thinks he knows everything month.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This inquiry is really important. I wish it would be acknowledged much more widely
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Book returned to Australian library – 150 years overdue
The book, Antiquities of Athens, was handed back to Kiama library by a man who found it bricked into a wall
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Fee Free TAFE gets a lot of attention but unfortunately data released last week shows TAFE enrolments are declining - and the same is true across a lot of the VET sector Details on my website of an upcoming webinar that explains the latest enrolment data & more: clairefield.com.au/webinar-vet-...
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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.
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The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/07/2026
Canadian politician Bill Oliver has gone viral after he appeared to accidentally read AI-generated editing instructions aloud, not once, but twice, during a speech to lawmakers in early June.
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
So good to speak with Emma King OAM & Natalie Turmine on the ‘What now? What next?‘ podcast. So much to learn from their perspectives as Jobs & Skills Council CEOs - incl how their industries are changing Out now in your favourite podcast app or listen online: whatnowwhatnext.buzzsprout.com
Screenshot of podcast recording: Claire speaking with Natalie & Emma
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 25/07/2026
Nope. No, you haven’t.
r/WritingWithAl
u/Dazzling-Major-5620 • 13h
ChatGPT not letting you emulate specific authors anymore
Prompting
Join
I've been writing my book for several months now, paid for a more advanced model. Took a break. Came back.
Now Ms. GPT says she can't generate content in the style of specific authors. My prompts were soooo specific and I got exactly what I wanted out of them. For example,
'rewrite in the literary style of 'author here' with abundant dialogue and detail avoiding staccato prose. That was my go-to. Or 'please write and flesh out in the style of
'author' etc. they tightened the ropes. I have no idea how to get around this other than maybe feed it prose I already edited that's technically mine? Fuck.
& Locked post. New comments cannot be posted.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 22/07/2026
Traces of grass used in Indigenous rituals 25,000 years ago unearthed in Victorian cave
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Grass 'skeletons' hint at 25,000-year-old Indigenous fire ritual in cave
Evidence of ancient burnt grasses unearthed in a Victorian cave on GunaiKurnai country suggest old ancestors used the cave for fire rituals during the Ice Age. 
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Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Good morning to Spain, Lamine Yamal and his brother Keyne
Spain's Lamine Yamal wearing sunglasses sits next to his three year old brother Keyne, who is crouched with one arm around the world cup trophy and another holding the match ball wrapped in part of the goal nettingLamine Yamal's brother Keyne walks ahead of his brother on the pitch, wearing a too-big cap and his brother's number 19 shirt.
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 20/07/2026
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) put out a little infographic for International Moon Day. It compares the diameter of Australia to the diameter of the Moon. This always throws me because in my mind, the Moon is actually bigger!
Infographic showing drawings of Australia and the Moon side by side. Their respective diameters are annotated (4000 km vs 3400km). The population of Australia is stated as 28M people while it is 0 people o the Moon.
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
His mother, María Arthuer, crossed the Sahara Desert barefoot in 1994. She climbed over Melilla’s border fence penniless and pregnant with Iñaki. Today, her son is a world champion. #respect
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I promise not to keep posting about travel - but I visited Rapa Nui in 2024 and it's an incredible place with a remarkable history and wonderful people. This story is so moving - long overdue but well done to the staff at the Australian Museum for finally acting: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...?
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Ancestral remains returned to Polynesian island after 143 years in museum
The remains of members of the Rapa Nui people from Easter Island are "finally going home" after sitting in the Australian Museum's collection for over a century.
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I had some down time on a study tour a couple of years ago and got to visit the Vasa Museum while we were in Stockholm - it's incredible. The ship is enormous and in such pristine condition - a fascinating afternoon
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kat @kgt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Also: it’s harmful + naive for the govt to conflate machine learning for cancer research with sycophantic chatbots. This broad “AI” umbrella terminology is some misleading spin that only benefits companies like Anthropic.
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 16/07/2026
· #AcademicSky · Evolution in the role of research universities: Lessons from three continents
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Evolution in the role of research universities
President of KAUST University, Sir Edward Byrne, shares lessons from three continents
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Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🙏 @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social for your interview with Yasmine Johnson after her evidence to the Royal Commission: "There is something deeply sick and harmful happening in this world, and it’s not opposition to genocide. It’s the genocide itself." www.lamestream.com.au/an-inside-ac...
Image of Yasmine Johnson giving evidence to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
University administration needs to be returned to a focus on what matters most, teaching, research and serving Australian society, not corporate greed and profits and the myopic, meaningless pursuit of deeply flawed rankings. www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/14/u...
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Leaders at Australian universities have lost their moral compass
Nothing is stopping our well-paid university leaders from having second jobs — even with organisations that benefit from the university. Is this the kind of industry we want?
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