Australian Universities Embrace AI-Assisted Marking
The Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 2 Sept 2026
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- 2
- Australian
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- 2 Sept 2026, 02:00 pm
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Universities are empowering staff to use artificial intelligence and some are using it for student assessments, Others have drawn a hard line.
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This report examines the diverging policy responses across Australian higher education institutions regarding the integration of AI in student assessments and teaching. The study highlights a tension between top-tier universities that have prohibited AI grading and others, like Adelaide and RMIT, that allow AI-assisted evaluation under human oversight. While primarily focused on educational integrity and implementation, the normalization of AI in critical evaluation frameworks reflects broader shifts in how socio-technical systems manage automated decision-making. These developments are relevant to national AI governance as they establish precedents for human-in-the-loop requirements in high-stakes institutional settings.
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PolicyHealth & EducationAIPrint articleMaani TruuEducation correspondentSep 2, 2026 – 6.07pmAustralian universities have begun using artificial intelligence to mark students’ work, but institutions remain sharply divided over its use in student evaluations, even as the technology finds it way more widely into the teaching process, including the use of AI avatars in lecture theatres.While Australia’s top universities have banned teaching staff from using AI to assess student’s work, other universities including Adelaide University, the University of Newcastle, Deakin University and RMIT allow AI tools to assist academic staff during the grading process as long as the assessor retains ultimate oversight.Loading...SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleRead MoreAIUniversityEducationFetching latest articles