A/Prof. Mark A. Bassett
Associate Professor | Director, Academic Quality, Standards & Integrity |
Academic Lead (Artificial Intelligence) | EdSAFE AI Catalyst Fellow.
Shaping how higher education thinks about, uses, governs, and lives with AI.
The human behind the work.
Mark A. Bassett, PhD is an Associate Professor and higher education leader whose work focuses on academic quality, integrity, and governance in periods of technological change. He currently serves as Director, Academic Quality, Standards, and Integrity, and Academic Lead (Artificial Intelligence) at Charles Sturt University.
His work sits at the intersection of regulation, assessment, and emerging technology, with a particular emphasis on ensuring fairness, due process, and defensible practice as artificial intelligence becomes embedded in teaching and learning. He is widely consulted on the implications of generative AI for assessment design, academic integrity, and institutional policy.
Mark is an EDSAFE AI 2026 Catalyst Fellow, co-author of Assurance of Learning in Fully Online Credentialled Programs, and contributed expert advice to Enacting assessment reform in a time of artificial intelligence, published by TEQSA. He is also the creator of the S.E.C.U.R.E. GenAI Use Framework for Staff, adopted internationally and presented at the inaugural AI in Education conference at the University of Oxford.
He is the lead author of Heads we win, tails you lose: AI detectors in education, recognised as Research Paper of the Year at the 2025 AI in Education Podcast Awards.
Mark has over 19 years' experience in higher education leadership and has taught extensively at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates. He is a self-taught programmer and educational technology developer, having created award-winning virtual simulations and AI-supported learning tools.
Before moving into higher education leadership, Mark spent over a decade working in commercial audio production at Turtlerock Mastering in Sydney.
Senior higher education leader with over 19 years' international experience across academic quality, standards, integrity, and institutional responses to emerging technologies. Recognised authority on the impact of artificial intelligence in higher education, with a strong track record in system-level governance, regulatory engagement, and ethical assurance.