Australia issues a framework for the responsible integration of AI in higher education, placing equity, ethics and critical vigilance at the heart of academic practice.

AI helps learning, but can create an illusion of mastery by reducing critical effort. Useful as support, but not as a substitute for personal reflection and real understanding.

Human-AI co-agency and joint regulation. Four axes for training: AI capabilities, critical verification skills, AI literacy, and the distinctive human capacities that remain essential.

AI is reshaping the way we write and assess academic work. This reflection invites us to rethink pedagogical practices while preserving the authenticity and integrity of student output.

In response to the generalisation of AI, this article puts forward frameworks to develop a critical, progressive and creative appropriation by the students as well as by the teachers.