As part of our ‘staff and student perceptions of AI’ work, helping us understand current use and concerns around AI, I chaired two forums with Wales essential skills practitioners. For those not familiar with this, Essential Skills Wales covers communication, application of number and digital literacy, the core qualifications designed to develop learners’ reading […]
Author: Sue Attewell
Last week, as part of our team away days, the Jisc AI team held a mini roundtable on agentic AI. The aim was simple: move beyond the hype and focus on the real questions colleges and universities are going to face as AI systems start doing more than just responding to prompts to making decisions and taking actions. […]
Last update: 8th January 2026 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 […]
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December HE AI Community Meetup
This community meetup brought together colleagues from across higher education to share live practice, frustrations, experiments and unresolved questions about using AI in teaching, learning and assessment. The discussion was wide-ranging, grounded in institutional experience, and focused firmly on what is happening now. What emerged was not a set of answers, but a shared picture […]
Over November and December 2025, Jisc convened three roundtables: two face-to-face, in Manchester and London and one online, aimed at staff from Scottish institutions. Bringing together 71 colleagues from across 59 tertiary institutions to explore what skills, knowledge and capabilities learners and students will need in an AI-enabled world. Each session was grounded in the […]
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Staff Guidance for FE
Context Since the release of Jisc’s original Staff Guidance for Further Education in early 2024, the pace of change in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has accelerated significantly. New tools and features are now embedded across everyday platforms such as Microsoft, Google Classroom, Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), and everyday workflows. Colleges are beginning to see both the […]
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Learner Guidance for FE
Context Since we published our original Learner Guidance for FE in early 2024, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education has evolved rapidly. AI is now built into tools such as Microsoft 365, Google Classroom, and other platforms used across colleges. Many learners also use AI through familiar apps like Snapchat’s AI assistant, Grammarly, […]
Our first HE Community meetup of the year was our biggest gathering yet – we had over 100 people on the call. This month we focused on identifying and discussing current sector priorities, with three emerging as the most pressing: Digital Upskilling and Mandatory AI Training The group agreed that digital upskilling for staff […]
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Staff perceptions of AI 2025
Over the last year, I have spent time with 462 staff in colleges and universities across the UK. These were in teaching and learning roles. I wanted to hear their views on artificial intelligence: how they are using it, what excites them, and what concerns they carry. These conversations happened during a period of […]
Over the last three years I’ve been talking with groups of students to understand how they see artificial intelligence. How they use it. What excites them. What worries them. That work has led to three reports so far, in 2023, 2024 and most recently our June 2025 Student Perceptions of AI report. In this […]