Transform your ideas into stunning visuals in seconds with Google's most advanced image generator - now available through Madgwick's MCP Store. Imagen 4 delivers photorealistic images with crisp text rendering, making it ideal for academic presentations, and educational content.
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A new Cogniti assistant is helping UNE's Exams and eAssessment team manage high-volume student inquiries - and uncovering unexpected insights about student needs in the process. The Exams Assistant, developed by Kylie Day (Manager, Exams and eAssessment) and Jeanne Heath (Coordinator, Exams and eAssessment) with technical support from the LabNext70 team, addresses what may sound like a familiar challenge: students calling with routine questions about information that is already easily accessible to them.
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A new AI assistant developed at UNE Partnerships, addresses one of the most time-consuming aspects of creating online learning materials - converting Word documents into clean HTML for Moodle books. The Word to HTML assistant tackles a workflow challenge familiar to many educators: transforming lengthy course documents into properly formatted, web-ready content.
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Through UNE's official training partnership with the Simtheory platform - which provides the underlying technology for Madgwick - the Academy addresses an important institutional responsibility: helping the university community harness AI tools effectively while understanding their limitations and risks. Open to the public, Simtheory Academy offers AI education to a wide audience - from UNE colleagues and prospective students to community members seeking to build practical skills and use AI tools safely.
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As artificial intelligence reshapes university education, the University of New England is addressing an important question: how can institutions ensure AI development respects Indigenous rights rather than perpetuating existing patterns of knowledge extraction?
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A strategic partnership between LabNext70 and Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS@UNE) is helping UNE students access peer-led support to build confidence in adopting AI tools like Madgwick Student. Through mentor-led workshops and one-on-one training sessions, PASS@UNE is playing a pivotal role in the Madgwick Student rollout - leveraging its established student-to-student network to foster safe and effective AI adoption across the student body.
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When 85-90% of university students are already using AI tools,1 providing secure, equitable access becomes an institutional responsibility. Madgwick Student, launching November 1, addresses this need through a custom platform that prioritises student protection while building essential workforce skills.
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