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Advice and Guidance

AI and Environmental Sustainability

Over the last year, across our AI in education communities, we have continued to have many conversations around AI and sustainability. Within our discussions, members have shared how questions and concerns around the environmental impact of AI are increasing. With some also encountering resistance amongst staff and students to the use of AI tools on […]

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Training

AI Literacy Training

  (note: last updated V1.6 8th July 2026 – see here for the update history.) Contents Included in Jisc membership: Scheduled Live AI literacy training sessions Included in Jisc membership: Short scheduled digital learning modules  Chargeable: In-house AI training Chargeable: Self-hosted AI literacy training modules What we offer We offer a range of AI training […]

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Community Meetups

AI in Professional Services Community: June Session Review

Our latest AI in Professional Services Community session brought together colleagues from across the sector to explore how artificial intelligence is being adopted in professional services, the barriers to wider engagement, and the practical steps institutions are taking to support staff. Rather than focusing solely on the technology, discussions centred on the human side of […]

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Advice and Guidance

What we’ve learned about AI agents, licensing and Copilot Credits during our early pilots

Over the past year we’ve been exploring how AI agents might support everyday work across Jisc. Our early pilots have focused on practical use cases where agents could help staff find information, answer questions and reduce repetitive tasks. This post builds on our earlier blogs exploring the outcomes of Jisc’s internal AI impact workshops and […]

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News

June 2026 round-up of interesting AI news and announcements

Our June collection of articles and announcements to share this month. Education In the AI age, oracy can be the most valuable graduate skill – if we instil it With AI reshaping traditional assessment, this article argues that graduates will need to prove not just what they know, but how well they can communicate it. […]

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News

FEA-I KnowledgeFlow pilot – call for expressions of interest

Jisc is partnering with FEA-I to run a three-month pilot of KnowledgeFlow, a secure platform that brings together a range of AI assistants for staff use across further and higher education. We are inviting expressions of interest from institutions that would like to take part. This post explains what the pilot is, what participation will […]

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Community Meetups

AI in FE: Responsible AI Research Skills and Building Academic AI Agents

This month, we had a busy AI in FE community session with two brilliant presentations. First, we heard from Beth Snowden, EdTech Lead, and Gillian Thom, Higher Education Manager at Craven College, who shared their responsible AI researcher pilot. We were then joined by Mark Monahan, Vice Principal, Digital and Communications at Brighton Hove & […]

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Community Meetups

June HE AI community meetup

Our June HE AI Community Meetup marked the final session before the summer break and used a slightly different format in response to a community suggestion. Alongside new discussion topics, we revisited topics that had been proposed throughout the academic year but had not previously received enough votes to make it into the conversation, giving […]

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News

What does “human in the loop” actually mean? Consulting on our next pilot idea

    The reassurance of ‘the human in the loop’ can be found in many places: in vendor marketing, institutional policies, and in wider discourse around AI. It’s become the standard response to concerns about AI making consequential decisions.  But what does it mean in practice? If a marker glances at AI-generated feedback and clicks “accept”, was a human meaningfully in the […]

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Advice and Guidance

AI and safeguarding – exploring a layered approach

I’m talking about AI and safeguarding at the AoC Digital Futures conference next week.  The subject was suggested by the conference organising team, as it’s coming up a lot in their discussions.  I think it’s a good choice, and highly topical – especially with the UK government’s conversations around social media (which is driven by […]