DiversityFest x Diversified: Shaping Tomorrow’s Assessment Instructions

Event Overview

Assessment instructions should be clear and accessible - helping every student show their best work. Too often, hidden curriculum barriers in briefs and rubrics make that harder, particularly for neurodivergent and marginalised students.

This first workshop in a three-part series invites students, academics, and professional staff to co-design the future of assessment at UNSW.

Together we will:

✨ Unpack what’s working (and what’s not) through case studies and lived experience.

✨ Explore how AI is already being used by students, and how academics can integrate it into assessments in ethical, accessible, and future-ready ways.

✨ Co-create practical strategies to make assessment briefs and rubrics clearer, more inclusive, and aligned with the skills graduates need.

Key Takeaways

By the end of this interactive session, you will:

Gain experience-informed strategies for making briefs and rubrics more inclusive.

See real-world case studies of accessible assessment design from across faculties.

Understand how AI can be integrated into assessments responsibly and transparently.

Contribute directly to shaping a university-wide how-to guide that reduces barriers and creates assessments that work for everyone.

Accessibility

(1) The event will be located in 'The Teaching Commons' in the Dalton Building at UNSW Kensington Campus. You can find a map of campus here: https://use.mazemap.com/#v=1&config=unsw&showpoidetails=true&center=151.229466,-33.917391&zoom=18.5&campusid=111&typepois=44535&zlevel=1&sharepoitype=poi&sharepoi=1001059621

You can also find a map of the space here: https://immersive.teaching.unsw.edu.au/talia/?view=yqo9h2xJ

(2) The event is fully wheelchair accessible and fully ventilated. Disability parking is also free on campus

(3) For those who wish to join us online, a link will be sent to you via email 24 hours before the event.

(4) Power banks are available at all times.

(5) Kitchen, bathrooms, and multifaith prayer rooms are nearby. See a link to the multifaith prayer rooms here: https://www.unsw.edu.au/edi/diversity-inclusion/cultural-inclusion/prayer-meditation-and-reflection-spaces

(6) In this space, you are more than welcome to move, stimm, sit, rest, or regulate how you please and without judgment.

(7) Unfortunatley, hearing loops are not present in the physical space.

(8) For all additional accessibility needs, please contact @contact ZGl2ZXJzaWZpZWQgfCB1bnN3ICEgZWR1ICEgYXU= or @ejUzNjMzMTMgfCBhZCAhIHVuc3cgISBlZHUgISBhdQ==

About UNSW Diversity Festival

UNSW Diversity Festival is an annual celebration, this year taking place 22-26 September 2025. Diversity Festival brings students and staff together to embrace the diversity of our community and ignite conversations about how we can foster a more inclusive society.

Proudly hosted by EDI in the Division of Societal Impact, Equity and Engagement, the 2025 program features events and activities on themes and topics that include cultural diversity, neurodiversity, accessibility, LGBTQIA+ inclusion, sustainability and societal impact:

https://www.unsw.edu.au/edi

Explore what’s on at Diversity Festival 2025 and register for events: https://www.unsw.edu.au/edi/get-involved/diversity-festival/diversity-festival-2025

Also check out other Festivals in Redfern, Workshops in Redfern, Health & Wellness events in Redfern.