Our February collection of articles and announcements to share this month. Education As we embrace ‘efficient’ AI we risk adding more work on top As colleges race to embed AI and meet new inspection expectations, the sector may be underestimating the implementation burden. This piece argues that unless leaders actively remove other pressures, AI will […]
This month in the AI in FE community, we were joined by Penny Langford, Executive Head of Digital at Milton Keynes College, for a hands-on session focused on AI literacy. Penny took us through the kinds of practical activities they use with students and also shared with us some of the work they have been doing to develop and test AI agents. Continue for a […]
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February HE AI community meetup
Our February HE AI Community meetup followed our usual lean coffee format, giving participants the chance to vote on the topics they most wanted to explore. The conversation this month gravitated towards institutional approaches to building AI capability, alongside ongoing questions about assessment, academic integrity and what AI means for core human skills. Developing AI […]
Our February AI in Professional Services community meeting brought together colleagues from across the sector to explore how we can meaningfully engage Professional Services staff with AI. The conversation was honest, practical and forward-looking. While enthusiasm for AI continues to grow, it’s clear that sustainable adoption depends on trust, clarity, and shared ownership. Some key […]
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. […]
We recently had our monthly AI In Research Community Meet Up. Thanks for all who joined the conversation, the latest meet raised key topics such as training frameworks for researchers, ethical considerations, licensing restrictions, and the integration of AI tools into research workflows. The community shared insights on developing tailored training programmes for researchers, negotiating […]
Our January collection of articles and announcements to share this month. Education Generation AI: fears of ‘social divide’ unless all children learn computing skills As children grow up surrounded by AI, experts warn that failing to teach computing and AI literacy could deepen social inequality. This piece argues that understanding how AI works should be […]
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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, […]
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A Generative AI Primer
Version 1.7– January 2026. First version published in April 2023. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. An Introduction to the Generative AI Technology 2.1 ChatGPT 2.2. Microsoft Copilot 2.3. Google Gemini 2.4. Other Models 2.5. A summary of key capabilities, limitations, and concerns around ChatGPT and other Large Language Models 2.6 Image and Video Generation […]