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, 7 February, 2025

The AI genie is out of the bottle – now what?

Generative AI is here to stay, so let’s build AI literacy, incorporate AI into assessment and craft solid policies for its use

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5minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 7 February, 2025

Empty classrooms and disconnected students in the age of AI

Female students sitting along in lecture hall

Universities face an urgent need to accelerate change in how they teach – and think about teaching – to reconnect students’ digital lifestyles with the way they learn, write Nic Fair and Larisa Yarovaya

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 4 February, 2025

Beyond Chat: how AI teaching assistants are transforming student support

Pedagogically integrated AI is like having knowledgeable support that understands course materials and objectives and, most importantly, can guide students towards deeper learning, writes Thorsten Fröhlich

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4minutes

By kiera.obrien, 4 February, 2025

Harness the power of AI to preserve endangered art forms

Researchers breathed new life into Cantonese porcelain painting techniques using AI, equipping a new generation with traditional skills. Here’s how they did it

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 3 February, 2025

Here are seven AI tools you should be using for your teaching and research

An academic using AI tools in her research

AI can assist with idea generation, data analysis and mind-mapping, among others. Here are some tools that should be on any academic’s radar

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5minutes

By kiera.obrien, 27 January, 2025

Four objectives to guide artificial intelligence’s impact on higher education

A image of a robot wearing a mortarboard

How can higher education leaders manage both the challenge and the opportunity artificial intelligence presents? Here are four objectives to guide the way

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3minutes

By kiera.obrien, 24 January, 2025

Future-proof software engineering students for an AI-dominated world

Two software engineers gesture at multiple screens

Software engineering is increasingly being shaped by generative AI. Here’s how to prepare your students for their future workplace

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5minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 24 January, 2025

Assessing the GenAI process, not the output

A framework for building AI literacy in a literature-review-type assessment

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 22 January, 2025

Class exercises that use ChatGPT to strengthen students’ learning

To foster engagement, comprehension and knowledge retention in the classroom, educators should find a balance between leveraging AI tools such as GenAI to strengthen learning while also preserving their own guiding role

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 15 January, 2025

We have to rethink academic integrity in a ‘post-plagiarism era’

What is the future of plagiarism as a concept in the AI age and what are the implications for academic integrity? This resource seeks to answer these questions, among others

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5minutes

Artificial intelligence in higher education