The Jisc AI in Professional Services Community meeting, held on 17th December 2025, brought together colleagues from across the sector to reflect on where we are now with AI adoption – and where we need to go next. With AI tools becoming increasingly visible in everyday workflows, the discussion focused less on hype and more […]
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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 […]
We had our latest community meet up and it was an engaging conversation. Thanks to our members for coming together to contribute. This month’s key discussions looked at the challenges related to the use of AI tools in academic research, issues surrounding licensing complexities, data privacy risks associated with free tools, and the need for […]
Our November HE Community meetup followed a lean-coffee format, with participants voting on the topics they most wanted to explore. Four themes stood out, reflecting ongoing sector-wide questions about staff confidence, assessment design and student engagement with AI. Supporting staff to build confidence in students’ use of AI Staff confidence topped the vote, showing a […]
In our November AI in FE community meetup, we were joined by Alison Fawdrey, English lecturer and digital learning technologist at South Staffordshire College, for a hands-on session. The session explored how generative AI image tools can help facilitate creativity in English classes and support learners with limited confidence or ideas. Warming up: “Is […]
Our latest AI in Professional Services Community meeting brought together institutions across the higher and further education sectors to share progress, practical approaches and emerging questions around integrating AI into day-to-day operations. The conversation reflected a clear shift: AI is no longer an abstract future trend, but an active area of development embedded in training, […]
This month we had our first community meet up for the AI in Research Community. Members came together for an engaging and thought-provoking meetup focused on how AI is reshaping research practice. This month’s discussion explored both the ethical implications and practical challenges of using AI tools in scholarly work. From questions of peer-review integrity to the legal and […]
We have recently introduced our AI in Professional Services Community – a new space where colleagues from across higher and further education can come together to explore how artificial intelligence is shaping the future of professional services. Meeting once a month, our members can discus the opportunities and challenges that come with the responsible adoption […]
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 […]
This month, we got off to a brilliant start to the new academic year in the AI in FE community with a session led by Daniel Tagg, Quality of Teaching and Learning Co-ordinator and Science Lecturer at South Devon College. Daniel took us through the journey of developing and prototyping the Turing Tutor, a chatbot […]