AI, fire and the future of thinking
All new technology disrupts the existing order, sometimes in small ways, sometimes fundamentally.
£2.5m fund to study how AI tools are affecting learning
The government’s go-to education research body has opened a £2.5 million research fund to fill an “urgent evidence gap” on how tools like ChatGPT have impacted the way pupils learn.
From compliance to critical AI literacy: what HEPI Policy Note ‘What UK University AI Policies Actually Do’ points towards
Sam Illingworth’s HEPI Policy Note 71, What UK University AI Policies Actually Do, makes a finding that should unsettle anyone responsible for institutional AI guidance.
New tools will help employers maximise AI productivity gains
While around 44% of workplaces now use AI every day, a new report has found adoption remains uneven and often limited in impact.
Anthony Seldon: AI makes children workshy
Sir Anthony Seldon, the former headmaster of some of the UK’s best-known private schools, said Britain was “sleepwalking into disaster” as children were “infantilised” by AI.
AI can help providers read and act on the student feedback they never usually get to
Thousands of open-text survey comments go unread every cycle. Daniel Robson and Helena Lim argue that AI can help universities hear what students are actually saying, and act before the next survey closes.
New landmark programme of research to investigate the impact of Generative AI on learning and cognition
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has opened a major new research fund to understand how Generative AI (GenAI) tools affect the way children and young people learn.
AI and skills: What we know so far
This policy brief summarises and brings together various pieces of OECD research to build a coherent narrative on what we know about artificial intelligence (AI) and skills.
Using AI at university isn’t cheating, says Deloitte boss
Students should not be told it is cheating to use AI to do their work, one of Deloitte’s top executives has said.
New AI analysis deepens understanding of FE recruitment challenges
A new analysis by SchoolDash, supported by Gatsby, applies updated AI to explore recruitment trends in Further Education (FE), drawing on job adverts posted to the AoC Jobs platform.