Vice President - Education

FOCUS FOR 2026

• End double standards on AI
  • If a unit bans ChatGPT for students, staff in that unit won’t use it either
  • No AI-only marking; any tool use must be disclosed and human checked
  • Clear rules where AI is allowed
• Recordings, captions, currency
  • Record every lecture and upload within 48 hours with accurate captions/transcripts
  • No old recordings as primary delivery
  • content updated each semester
  • Add a “Report Outdated Content” button in Blackboard with a 5-business-day fix.
• Lift teaching quality.
  • Review low-pass-rate units, push smaller class sizes
  • Expand UniPASS to core units
  • Fund paid academic office hours so help is actually available.
• Fix study spaces & basics.
  • Better Wi-Fi, more power points
  • Expanded quiet & sensory-friendly rooms
  • Later library hours, and bookable group rooms with whiteboards (moving toward 24/7 where feasible).
• Protect student rights & integrity.
  • Replace invasive online invigilation with privacy-respecting options
  • Allow digital exam notes/lab sheets where appropriate
  • Keep humans as the marker of record

WHAT DOES THIS ROLE DO?

The Vice President - Education oversees all things education:

• Sit on a wide variety of boards and committees to represent student issues and provide a liaison between the University and the student body. 
• Chairing meetings of the Representation Board.
• Devise, implement and manage campaigns relating to education issues. 
• Provide guidance, resources, and support for the Faculty Representatives.
• Direct and respond to student concerns.
• Assist in the planning and delivery of education related events (such as Stress Less Week/s, Love Week and the Excellence in Teaching Awards).
• Assist the President in any matters they see fit. 

This representative attends:

• Guild Council
• Representation Board
• Executive Committee
• Postgraduate Students Committee (Standing Invite)
• Student Housing Advisory Board (Standing Invite)
• Accessibility Collective (Standing Invite)
• First Nations Collective (Standing Invite)
• Women’s Collective (Standing Invite)
• Queer Collective (Standing Invite)