Artificial intelligence in higher education

What role should artificial intelligence play in higher education? From ChatGPT to DeepSeek, generative AI (GenAI) tools of all kinds are forcing a rethink of university teaching, assessment, research and administrative work. Find out how to build AI literacy across an institution, use GenAI to support learning, harness AI tools as teaching and research assistants and manage the risks posed by GenAI and other AI technologies.

By kiera.obrien, 18 December, 2025

How to evolve with GenAI: an educator’s guide

A teacher works with students on GenAI literacy

The launch of GenAI has prompted a new stage of experimentation for university education. Here’s how to explore and refine, finding out what works and what doesn’t

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5minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 17 December, 2025

Four common arguments for acknowledging AI use (and why they are wrong)

Educators may want AI to be used well or to go away entirely, write Chloe Salisbury and Luke Zaphir. Here, they take on a central piece of AI lore and offer ways forward

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5minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 16 December, 2025

How to reclaim humanity in the AI classroom

Three students working together in a library

As GenAI changes how students study and complete assessments, higher education educators must focus on metacognition, clarity and connection, says Patrice Seuwou

By kiera.obrien, 12 December, 2025

Two ways to embed transferable skills in university teaching

Students work together around a desktop computer

Students need the skills to thrive in an uncertain job market. Positioning GenAI as a study buddy and student-led business clinics can help develop them

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3minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 12 December, 2025

In a world of short attention spans, the best story wins

Computer-generated 3D illustration of Titanic liner

When students become storytellers, rather than passive recipients of knowledge, learning is more memorable. And a little help from GenAI can get them started

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4minutes

By kiera.obrien, 10 December, 2025

A university blueprint for teaching with GenAI

A robot in a mortarboard poses with a diploma

How a human-centred approach to embedding GenAI ensures the tool enhances human reasoning, rather than replacing it, institution-wide

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 4 December, 2025

How can we embed Global South perspectives in GenAI teaching?

GenAI can accelerate learning, but if we aren’t careful, it can also reinforce colonial assumptions. Jasmine Mohsen explains how to avoid this

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3minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 4 December, 2025

Assessment needs to grow up: what process and imperfection mean for higher education

Rather than railing against AI, educators could see this moment as an overdue correction and redesign assessment around what matters: the process by which humans think, revise and learn

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 2 December, 2025

AI tools that strengthen students’ communication skills

A student giving a presentation in front of other students

AI can help students reflect, practise and improve the skills employers really value, from writing clearly to speaking confidently and working effectively in teams

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 28 November, 2025

GenAI as a research assistant: transforming start-up due diligence

Male Asian student working on a robot arm

Universities are not just centres of innovation, they are also platforms for promoting the commercialisation of research. As ‘research assistants’, GenAI can open the door for ‘under the radar’ start-ups that human evaluators may miss

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4minutes

Artificial intelligence in higher education