Margaret Bearman is a Research Professor within the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE), Deakin University, with qualifications in both computer science and education. Margaret has researched higher and professional education for over two decades. She is known for her work into assessment practices, feedback in healthcare, and university education in digital world. She co-led the construction of national principles guiding Australian university assessment reform for a time of artificial intelligence. Margaret has a deep interest in how theory embeds into practice.

Professor Sally Everett is Professor of Business Education and was Vice Dean (Education) at King’s Business School, King’s College London (2019 – 2025). Sally was the Academic Lead for Inclusive Education for King’s College London (2019-2023) and established the business school’s gender network (Women@KBS). Sally is a National Teaching Fellow (2017), Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2013), Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence award holder (team lead, 2016) and is the Equality Officer for the Association of National Teaching Fellows. Sally was awarded the prestigious Fellowship of the Chartered Association of Business School’s (CABS) in 2025 and is a member of their Race Equality Working Group , Equality and Diversity Committee, and facilitates and leads their ‘Leaders in Learning and Teaching Programme’. Sally has held numerous leadership roles at several universities including interim/acting dean, deputy dean, and Head of Department (Marketing, Tourism and Events). Sally has also widely published on inclusive education, diversity, events and tourism – having just published “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Business Management” (edited, 2025) and a monograph ‘Decolonising Tourism Education’ (due, 2026).