19 September 2025: Australasian Symposium on Programmatic Approaches to Assessment

The 2025 Australasian Symposium on Programmatic Approaches to Assessment was jointly hosted by Transforming Assessment (ASCILITE SIG) and the HERDSA Assessment Quality SIG. This page includes all session recordings and resources.

This full day event showcased a range of approaches to redesigning assessment along programmatic lines. Coverage included "Programmatic Assessment" as well as related program-level and program-wide approaches to redesigning and implementing assessment. Initiatives at the institution, faculty and school level were featured that included case studies from a range of disciplines along with lively audience discussion in the chat.

The resources below would be a great companion to the subsequently released TEQSA guidance "Enacting assessment reform in a time of artificial intelligence" by Lodge et al on 25 Sept.

The symposium was held from 10am to 4pm, Eastern Australia standard time, on Friday 19th of September 2025.

The program schedule is available to view.

Quick link to the ASPAA 2025 Youtube Playlist for all session recordings (slides and audio) - See below for further resources.

Session 1: Why, How and What we know so far [10am to 11am]

  • 1.1: "Programmatic Assessment" by Priya Khanna (University of New South Wales) and Jacob Pearce (Australian Council for Educational Research). 
  • 1.2: "Program level Assessment" by Nicholas Charlton (Griffith University) and Richard Newsham-West (Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists). 
  • Plus, Q&A covering 1 & 2 above.

Session 1 resources:

Session 2: University-level initiatives - panel [11:10am to 12:10 noon]

  • Gary Velan & Diana Saragi Turnip (University of New South Wales). 
  • Tim Fawns (Monash University). 
  • Janica Jamieson (Edith Cowan University). 

Session 2 resources:

Session 3: Faculty and School-level case studies

Session 3A [1:00pm to 1:55pm]

  • 3.1. Medicine: Kellie Charles and Stuart Lane (University of Sydney) [incl 5 min Q&A]
  • 3.2. Allied Health: Melissa Oxley (Deakin University) and Anthea Cochrane (University of Melbourne) [incl 5 min Q&A]

Session 3A resources:

Session 3A [2:05pm to 2:45pm]

  • 3.3. Business: Sue Hickton and Jaime Yong (Edith Cowan University) [incl 5 min Q&A]
  • 3.4. Art, Design & Architecture: Mark Ian Jones (University of New South Wales) [incl 5 min Q&A]

Session 3B resources:

Session 3C: Session 3A [2:55pm to 4pm]

  • 3.5. Science: Hayley Bugeja (University of Melbourne) [incl 5 min Q&A]
  • 3.6. Rethinking validity in a program level approach: Hora Hedayati (University of New South Wales) [incl 5 min Q&A]
  • Closing: Audience reflections, discussion and summary.

Session 3C resources:

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