[External] Call for Proposals - 9th Murdoch University Learning and Teaching Symposium 2026

2026-06-11

Theme: Critical Perspectives on Higher Education

Date: Friday, September 18, 2026. 1 pm to 4.30 pm, SGT
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams       
Proposal Deadline: Friday, July 17, 2026

About the Symposium

Generative AI has arrived in higher education faster than our institutions have been able to think about it.

Rather than add to the crowded shelf of adoption guides and policy templates, this symposium steps back to ask the fundamental questions – the ones the technology has made unavoidable yet rarely answers itself.

Our aim is serious, open and collegial debate, and we welcome contributions from every discipline and standpoint – critical, sceptical, ambivalent and constructive alike.

A single afternoon cannot resolve the questions it raises, but it can take them seriously. What is the purpose of higher education? What is truth? What is knowledge? What is learning? What is intelligence? And, following from all of these, do we need genuinely different forms of teaching, learning and assessment?

Topics

We welcome proposals addressing one or more of the following, always in the context of higher education:

  • The purpose and value of higher education
  • Critical perspectives on international higher education
  • Truth, knowledge and academic integrity
  • What is gained and lost in learning when AI does the work
  • Rethinking assessment
  • Teaching, curriculum design and critical AI literacy
  • Equity, access and inclusion in AI-mediated higher education
  • The academic profession and the automation of academic work
  • The governance and political economy of AI in universities
  • The environmental and social costs of AI in higher education
  • Other topics broadly within the overall theme

Presentation Formats

We welcome proposals for:

  • individual presentations (approximately 15–20 minutes);
  • provocations or lightning talks (approximately 5–7 minutes);
  • panels and roundtables (three to four contributors); and
  • experimental or alternative formats – tell us what you have in mind.

Submission Guidelines

Please submit your proposal via email to MurdochSGP@murdoch.edu.au   

Your proposal should include:

  • an abstract of no more than 300 words;
  • a title and three to five keywords;
  • the name(s), affiliation(s) and contact details of all contributors;
  • a short biography of up to 75 words per contributor; and
  • your preferred contribution format.

 

Send your submission to MurdochSGP@murdoch.edu.au, with the subject line “Symposium abstract – [surname]”.

Key dates

  • Abstract submission deadline: Friday, July 17, 2026
  • Notification of selection: Friday, July 31, 2026
  • Programme confirmed: August 2026
  • Symposium: Friday, September 18, 2026 at 1 pm SGT

Enquiries

For any questions about the symposium or the submission process, please contact MurdochSGP@murdoch.edu.au

 

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