Learning & Assessment Forum — University of Waikato × Cadmus, 15 September 2026

The programme

Agenda

A full day of sessions across the morning and afternoon. The full agenda, with times, speakers and abstracts, is now live.

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Morning

To open

Pōwhiri & welcome

Session 1

Student Panel

The student view on assessment in 2026

Students from across NZ institutions come together to discuss how they're experiencing assessment and the impact of generative AI.

Session 2

The role of trust in assessment and learning

Reframing how we approach assessment

Professor Kathryn Sutherland

Professor of Higher Education · Centre for Academic Development

Session 3

In conversation

Cadmus and Waikato on where assessment is heading

Professor Jennifer Milam

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic

Herk Kailis

Founder & CEO

Afternoon

Session 4

Institutional approaches to assessment and learning

Policy, assurance and strategy across the sector

Associate Professor Kirsten Petrie

AVC Academic Excellence

Stephanie Reid

Associate Director, Learning & Teaching Design

Josh Burrell

Head of Product and Capability

Professor Mick Grimley

Dean of Future Learning & Development

Jean Jacoby

Director of Education Futures

Session 5

What's working in assessment in 2026

Practical examples from across the motu

From detecting similarity to assuring learning: Reorienting academic integrity in the age of AI

Evidence from redesigning EDUC 121, a large first-year course, to assure genuine learning as generative AI reshapes assessment.

Professor Jason Stephens

Academic Head, School of Learning, Development and Professional Practice

Reducing Academic Integrity Cases Through Programme-Level Assessment Redesign

A programme-level redesign at Te Ara Whakawhiti in response to GenAI: secure assessment, evidence of the learning process, and interactive oral assessment.

Hye Ji (Erica) Lee

Associate Director, Learning and Teaching

Regan O'Malley

Associate Director, Learning and Teaching

Te Ara Whakawhiti | Massey University College

Making Thinking Visible: Assignment Redesign

A Master of Education assignment reworked to foreground process, scaffold students’ thinking, and reduce integrity concerns.

Megan Clune

Professional Teaching Fellow

Empowering Students Through Supported and Transparent Assessments

What works and what doesn’t: Student management tips, effective onboarding, and insights from a group assessment trial.

Bronwyn Alton

Principal Academic Staff Member

Clare Crawshaw

Principal Academic Staff Member

To close

Whakamutunga

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Forum location

The Pā, University of Waikato

DateTuesday 15 September 2026

VenueThe Pā, University of Waikato, Hillcrest Road, Hamilton

Time10:00 – 16:00. Please gather outside the Wharenui from 9:45 to be welcomed onto the University and into the Wharenui; the pōwhiri begins at 10:00.

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What you'll leave with

The institutional picture

What whole-of-institution assessment looks like when it's working: the policy, assurance and strategic calls leaders are making, with examples from across the sector.

Practice that's working

Real, practical approaches to take back to your own programmes and courses.

Connections across the sector

Time with senior leaders and teaching and learning colleagues, from universities, polytechnics and the wider tertiary sector.

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