For this meeting we are asking lecturers to bring along course materials, particularly assessment tasks to analyse them for their appropriateness or indeed any disadvantage they might contain for students from different cultural and language backgrounds. We will also have some international students to give their views as well as International Office staff. This session was attended by ten lecturers with four apologies. We do hope numbers will grow and that we can take a more proactive role across the university.
Concern is for cross-validation.
Concern for bright students in computer science who do not do quite as well as they should. Their performance can depend on the nature of the unit and what assistance they get. English entry levels need a major focus at Murdoch, does not seem to stay long enough on the agenda. Invite international students to offer their perspectives. Conduct some benchmarking across campus of literacy levels.