Artificial intelligence is already part of the everyday reality of colleges and universities, shaping how students learn, how staff work, and how institutions operate. Across the board, we see institutions moving along our AI maturity model towards embedding AI. That makes leadership and strategy essential. We are working on a new framework to help the […]
When I started collaborating with Dr. Rebecca Feasey and Eu Jin See to record an episode of Jisc’s Beyond the Technology podcast, I expected a good discussion about Adobe Firefly and its role in creative education. What I didn’t expect was a conversation that would shift how I think about creativity—and how AI might […]
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more deeply embedded in education, institutions face the crucial question of can we tell what has been produced by AI? This challenge isn’t just limited to academic integrity anymore; it extends to the transparency and accountability of all educational outputs. Many in higher and further education will already be familiar […]
Last week, we saw the release of several new models from the main providers of Frontier Large Language Models (LLMs). The most anticipated was the release of GPT-5 from OpenAI, which has been in the works for many months. Its release has, however, been met with mixed reactions. This solution differs from other LLMs currently […]
Categories
AI Tools: Search Tools
This post is part of a series of blogs looking at different types of AI tools. In this one we are looking at a selection of AI-powered search tools that help users find information more efficiently and intelligently. These tools often provide summarised, conversational answers or pull together content from multiple sources. In UK higher […]
Categories
AI Tools: Chatbots
This post is part of a series of blogs looking at different types of AI tools. In this one we are looking at a selection of chatbots and AI assistants that are either general-purpose or tailored to education. These tools are increasingly used across UK higher and further education for everything from writing support to […]
This post is part of a series of blogs looking at different types of AI tools. In this one we are looking at a selection of AI content creation tools that help generate presentations, videos, images, audio, and written materials. These tools are increasingly used across UK higher and further education to support teaching resources, […]
Categories
AI Tools: Research Tools
This post is part of a series of blogs looking at different types of AI tools. In this one we are looking at a selection of AI research tools designed to support academics, researchers, and students in UK higher and further education. These tools can help with tasks such as summarising papers, mapping literature, analysing […]
Categories
AI Tools: Accessibility Tools
This post is part of a series of blogs looking at different types of AI tools. In this one, we are looking at a selection of AI accessibility tools designed to support students and staff in UK higher and further education. These tools can help with tasks such as transcription, captioning, text-to-speech, or adapting resources […]
This post is part of a series of blogs looking at different types of AI tools. In this one we are looking at a selection of AI tools designed to support professional services across UK higher and further education. These tools can help with tasks such as meeting management, HR and finance automation, and compliance […]