Our May collection of articles and announcements to share this month. Education What UK university AI policies actually do: A study of 96 institutions A new HEPI study of 96 UK university AI policies finds that 41% of institutions have no publicly accessible AI policy, while many existing policies prioritise compliance and misconduct processes over […]
On a warm lunchtime for most of the UK, colleagues from across the sector came together not just to compare notes, but to make sense of what AI is starting to mean in practice for the work professional services teams do every day. We touched on everything from the Jisc Professional Services curriculum design, governance, […]
This academic year, a key focus for Jisc’s AI team is understanding AI’s potential to support marking and feedback. We’re currently running a series of pilots, exploring the impacts of education focused platforms (Graide and TeacherMatic) and general purpose AI tools (including Microsoft Copilot, Chat GPT and Gemini) – more information about these pilots […]
Executive summary Over more than 15 years, I’ve had the privilege of working across three universities and two national sector bodies, both in the UK and internationally. This experience has given me a broad perspective on higher education and its many challenges. Yet throughout that time, I have not seen disruption and potential—both positive and […]
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May HE AI community meetup
Generative AI continues to raise new questions for higher education institutions, particularly around assessment, governance and implementation. At our May HE AI community meetup, colleagues from across the sector came together to explore these issues using our usual lean coffee format. This post summarises some of the main themes and reflections shared during the discussion. […]
In 2025, Jisc launched the AI in Marking and Feedback Pilot, a year-long initiative bringing together colleges and universities to explore whether AI can meaningfully reduce marking and feedback workload in a way that is acceptable to key stakeholders. The project spans two strands — tools designed specifically for educational purposes (these were Graide, Keath […]
In 2025, Jisc launched the AI in Marking and Feedback Pilot, a year-long initiative bringing together colleges and universities to explore whether AI can meaningfully reduce marking and feedback workload in a way that is acceptable to key stakeholders. The project spans two strands — tools designed specifically for educational purposes (these were Graide, Keath […]
In 2025, Jisc launched the AI in Marking and Feedback Pilot, a year-long initiative bringing together colleges and universities to explore whether AI can meaningfully reduce marking and feedback workload in a way that is acceptable to key stakeholders. The project spans two strands — tools designed specifically for educational purposes (these were Graide, Keath and TeacherMatic), […]
In 2025, Jisc launched the AI in Marking and Feedback Pilot, a year-long initiative bringing together colleges and universities to explore whether AI can meaningfully reduce marking and feedback workload in a way that is acceptable to key stakeholders. The project spans two strands — tools designed specifically for educational purposes (these were Graide, Keath […]
In 2025, Jisc launched the AI in Marking and Feedback Pilot, a year-long initiative bringing together colleges and universities to explore whether AI can meaningfully reduce marking and feedback workload in a way that is acceptable to key stakeholders. The project spans two strands — tools designed specifically for educational purposes (these were Graide, Keath and TeacherMatic), […]