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Learner Resources on Generative AI for Further Education

We are pleased to share that we’ve finished creating a set of resources for Further Education (FE) to help build learners’ AI literacy. This has been a team effort from our working group, who helped identify and review the necessary topics. What we’ve focused on The learner resources cover a range of key areas in […]

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October AI Literacy Training Webinar Series

You may not have been able to join our previous webinar series on AI literacy, or perhaps you have and want to continue growing your knowledge. We are excited to announce that we will be running the series again throughout October!  In the ever-changing world of AI, it can be challenging to keep up with […]

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Summer Round Up of news and annoucements

Welcome back, from what was hopefully a good summer break.  We have a whole raft of news articles and vendor announcements for you. Research Papers The Adoption of ChatGPT, by Anders Humlum and Emilie Vestergaard – May 9, 2024.  large-scale survey (Nov 2023 – Jan 2024) of 100,000 workers from 11 exposed occupations, linked to […]

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A request for generative AI consent processes in Further Education

We have received numerous questions about age restrictions and parental consent for using generative AI tools in further education (FE) institutions. We appreciate that this is a particularly challenging issue, and we are currently working on guidance which we aim to publish in the next few weeks. We hope this will help our members in […]

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Introducing our Generative AI in Practice page

We are excited to announce that our Generative AI in Practice page is now live! This work was inspired by our community’s feedback on the importance of sharing best practices and examples of AI use in Further and Higher Education institutions, emphasising the value of learning from one another. Thank you to everyone who has […]

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July 2024 round up of interesting articles and vendor news

Articles Safe, responsible use Image Descriptions vs Alt Text: Why both matter – Interesting explanation of the differences between image descriptions and alt text in their purpose and how we should ideally have both. Medium What does ‘open-source AI’ mean, anyway?  The long-standing debate between open source and proprietary software has now extended to AI, […]

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Staying current: Our June Recap of Key Articles & Vendor Announcements

We’re changing the way we share our regular updates going forwards.  Feedback is that our newsletters are interesting but increasingly long as AI activity continues to develop at pace. We’ve therefore decided to split the activities and from now on we will still send our regular newsletter but focus on sharing our own news, practical […]

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Navigating the Future: Share your Higher Education policies and guidance on generative AI

The transformative power of generative AI in Higher Education (HE) is undeniable and as the technology continues to evolve, institutions are facing the challenge of developing policies and guidelines that ensure ethical and effective use. In response to numerous requests from our members, we are launching a call out for examples of AI policies and […]

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AI Literacy Training Series for Inset Training Weeks in June

With the ever-changing world of AI, it is difficult to keep up and stay on top of the changes. To help, we have put together a series of 5 webinars to explore Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in education. We understand that the last few weeks of the term can offer a bit of breathing space […]

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Artificial Intelligence drop-in clinic

To complement our AI Literacy sessions, we are running a series of monthly practical drop-in clinics. The idea is that you can simply drop in and ask questions about how to use AI tools and anything about the AI literacy training and future training needs. We will be running the drop-in clinics each month. The […]