‘Welcome to country or fail course’ convener doubles down
Age and the Law course convenor Holly Doel-Mackaway on Wednesday doubled down on revelations published in The Australian that ...
University’s ‘woke’ subject requirements include Acknowledgment of Country and ‘privilege walk’
Sydney’s Macquarie University is facing new criticism over a course which requires students to perform a “heartfelt” ...
Warm welcome to country or Macquarie University students fail
Law students at Macquarie University face the threat of failing a key exam if they perform an ­underwhelming acknowledgement ...
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Macquarie University students’ exam scores up by nearly 10 per cent thanks to new AI-powered chatbot
Macquarie University is rolling out an extended trial of Virtual Peer across multiple faculties in 2025, involving more than 3,000 students. The long-term vision is to integrate Virtual Peer across ...
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Australian university says AI bot improved grades
The “AI companion” dubbed Virtual Peer was developed with Microsoft and helped users achieve a 9.45 per cent improvement in ...
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University’s ‘woke’ subject requirements include Acknowledgment of Country and ‘privilege walk’
Sydney’s Macquarie University has been slammed for ‘woke’ course requirements. Picture: Supplied. Course convener Holly Doel-Mackaway has doubled down on the requirement in a post to the ...