ACSES — Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success
Curtin University-hosted national research centre focused on equity and success in Australian higher education. Functions as a sector-coordination body as well as a research producer; convenes cross-institutional work and publishes frameworks and policy papers.
Key positions on AI
- Publisher of the Australian Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education (Lodge et al., 2025, 8 December 2025) — sector-wide, peer-authored framework built around seven principles (human-centred education, inclusive implementation, ethical decision-making, Indigenous knowledges, ethical development, adaptive skills, evidence-informed innovation), with equity as the connective thread.
[[2025-12-08-acses-ai-higher-ed-framework]] - Sector-collaboration framing. Research and Policy Program Director Professor Ian Li positions the framework as the foundation for the industry collaboration needed to reap educational benefits of AI and avoid its pitfalls.
[[2025-12-08-acses-ai-higher-ed-framework]] - Explicitly extends scope to generative and agentic AI — most prior university AI policies addressed only generative AI.
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See also
- ai-higher-ed-au — rolling topic dossier
- jason-lodge — lead author of the framework