There's a lot of content in this paper to argue for what is, on reflection, a fairly obvious and valid point, but of course without the argumentation it would be too easily dismissed as irrelevant. Here's the argument: in response to the use of AI by students to complete assignments, many educators are proposing that oral assessments be used instead. However, oral assessments put people who have difficulties speaking in public on the spot. "Oral assessments have traditionally been viewed as more 'male-orientated'. Conversely, women have greater public speaking fear, report lower levels of confidence, tend to assess themselves worse and face bias against feminised voices." Oral presentation also embeds cultural differences into assessment. Now, sure, that doesn't mean we should never use oral presentation (after all, it's required in a lot of the jobs people are learning to do). But it does mean these differences need to be recognized and planned for.
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