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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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 […]
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), […]
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 […]
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. […]
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Smart Glasses in Education
Why look at smart glasses now? Smart glasses have been commercially available in some form for over a decade. More recently, they have returned to popular conversation, driven largely by Meta and its growing range of glasses. The lack of widespread adoption has been attributed to the high cost and limited capabilities of earlier models, […]