The Briefing Landmark WFH win ‘a right not a privilege’ + Uni’s handing degrees to AI
Oct 21, 2025
Professor Philip Dawson, an AI cheating researcher at Deakin University, dives into the alarming rise of AI misuse in academia. He discusses how students are using tools like ChatGPT to bypass genuine learning and the shortcomings of AI detectors that often mislabel innocent students. Dawson advocates for integrating AI into assessments, suggesting methods to ensure academic integrity while preparing students for AI-inclusive workplaces. He highlights the urgent need for universities to redesign evaluations to maintain the credibility of educational qualifications.
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Graduation Carries Legal Responsibility
- Universities legally must ensure graduates can perform the skills their degrees promise.
- Graduating students who cannot do those things would breach universities' legal obligations.
Landmark Work-From-Home Ruling
- Carleen Chandler asked Westpac to let her work from home to do school drop-offs and pick-ups and was denied.
- Fair Work ruled in her favour, calling the denial unreasonable and suggesting flexible work requests need genuine business reasons to be refused.
AI Can Produce Passable Submissions
- Students commonly upload assignments to ChatGPT to generate passable submissions.
- Such AI-produced text often meets assignment standards unless assessments are redesigned.