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Join our AI literacy training series – March & April 2025

Explore AI’s role in assessment, productivity, and developing AI literacy for learners We will be running our series of AI literacy training sessions to support educators. These sessions offer practical insights into AI’s role in education, with a focus on enhancing productivity,  its impact on assessment in FE and developing AI literacy among learners. Sessions […]

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Advice and Guidance

Guiding Your AI Journey: Essential Resources

Updated 12th Feb 2025 Initially published 7th March 2024, We have reviewed, added and updated the resources. We thought it would be useful to pull our resources together in a more structured way to support different stages of AI maturity.  Our aim is to develop a dynamic web based easy-to-use toolkit that grows with your […]

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Generative AI and Social Inclusion

    Before the release of ChatGPT late in 2022, predictions abounded on how the emergence of AI would impact social inclusion. Those with a positive outlook, for instance, forecasted that AI would make lifelong learning more affordable and higher in quality, enabling more inclusive opportunities throughout people’s lives. Others, meanwhile, warned that the digital […]

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January 2025 round-up of interesting AI news and announcements

We have a bumper crop of articles and announcements to share this month. Teaching & Learning Digital Education Council Global AI Faculty Survey 2025 This survey has gathered 1,681 responses, from faculty members of 52 participating institutions across 28 countries, offering a diverse range of faculty viewpoints on AI in education. THE Article on the […]

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An update on our AI Jiscmail lists

We’ve been listening to feedback on around our Jiscmail lists, and are changing how they work.  The list has grown to around 2000 people, and people join for a mix of reasons.  One of the main ones is to get regular updates about AI in education events and activities, and the other is to chat […]

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Jisc AI Winter HE Community Event – Innovation in teaching and learning at the University of London

In December we brought together our HE community for a face to face event, kindly hosted by the University of London at Senate House. We had over 100 attendees attend to explore AI’s impact in higher education and had a brilliant day networking, sharing insights, and discovering innovative practices. This blog will give an overview […]

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DeepSeek – Initial Thoughts and Advice.

Another day, another new and slightly unexpected AI development. This time, it’s DeepSeek. It’s been hard to miss the news, but in case you have, here’s a quick summary: Chinese company DeepSeek has surprised the AI world by releasing a model that rivals OpenAI’s ‘chain of thought’ model. This is a model that ‘thinks through’ […]

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FE community meetup – Coleg Cambria’s approach to AI

In our first Further Education community meetup of 2025, we were joined by Nigel Holloway, Head of AI and Digital Innovation, at Coleg Cambria. Nigel discussed Coleg Cambria’s approach to AI – what it has done so far, what it is planning to do moving forward, and the benefits of using an AI Adoption Framework.  […]

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AI and Data Security – Let’s Worry About the Right Things

There is, rightly, a lot of concern around AI and data security and privacy. However, it’s important we worry about the right things, and ideally for the right reasons. In particular, we are concerned that too much consideration is being given to the relatively low risks around AI training data obtained through the use of […]

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January 2025 HE Community meet-up – AI Skills

This month our HE Community meet-up focused on AI skills.  We started with a discussion on current uses of GenAI: Learning, Teaching, and Assessment: To plan and adapt lectures to specific modules. Help with transcribing, reimagining lectures, and creating AI-driven assessments.  Managing course-related tasks, such as setting up projects and handling student enquiries. Accessibility and […]