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 Eliza.Compton, 26 March, 2024

Transforming marketing lectures with AI and simulations

How do we teach students marketing theory while preparing them for an evolving professional landscape? Rohim Mohammed looks at how artificial intelligence and simulations foster practical, interactive learning

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3minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 18 March, 2024

We need to address the generative AI literacy gap in higher education

Two students stitting outside on the grass with their laptop and text books

Holding open the question of generative AI’s role in higher education presents an opportunity for us to model our access values to our students, colleagues and the wider public, writes Kyle Jensen

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6minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 23 February, 2024

How to foster a civic mindset in the era of AI

Create spaces that allow small groups of people to see themselves in a broader context, encourage them to dream of what possibilities and opportunities could exist and then help them to take action

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5minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 15 February, 2024

THE podcast: an interview with James Purnell, president and vice-chancellor of University of the Arts London

The president and vice-chancellor of the University of the Arts London talks about how AI will affect the creative sector, the connection between cities, commerce and creativity, and how UAL plans to pioneer online creative education

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25minutes

By kiera.obrien, 15 February, 2024

Can academics tell the difference between AI-generated and human-authored content?

A human hand writes in a notebook while a robot hand types on a computer

A recent study asked students and academics to distinguish between scientific abstracts generated by ChatGPT and those written by humans. Omar Siddique analyses the results

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4minutes

By sara.custer, 7 February, 2024

Campus webinar: Can universities keep pace with digital transformation?

Three Australian digital education experts from the Campus+ network explore the benefits and risks of AI and VR in teaching and learning, and gauge higher education’s pace of digital transformation

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60minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 29 January, 2024

Four steps for integrating generative AI in learning and teaching

From class preparation to critical thinking and reflection, this four-step checklist will help university teachers support the ethical and informed use of artificial intelligence tools in the classroom

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4minutes

By kiera.obrien, 24 January, 2024

Transition from expert to guide by embracing generative AI

A teacher gestures to a computer while three students listen

In the process of learning how to use generative AI, Kyrin Liong rekindled her inner student

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 12 January, 2024

Don’t just chat(GPT): turn on critical interrogation

Critical thinking is often seen as the antidote to generative AI. But what if educators took it one step further back and aimed to encourage students’ curiosity? Giuseppe Cimadoro explains

By Eliza.Compton, 8 January, 2024

Three ways to use ChatGPT to enhance students’ critical thinking in the classroom

The balance between technology and traditional educational values, as well as ensuring that AI complements, rather than replaces, the human element in education, are the keys to maximising AI’s benefits in the classroom, writes Nikolas Dietis

Artificial intelligence in higher education