Artificial intelligence

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, 5 March, 2025

An AI toolkit for all aspects of academic life

Harness the power of technology to reshape the tasks that make up your day. Here are the best AI tools to use in higher education

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5minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 5 March, 2025

When to use an AI professor (and why you might not need one)

Selective embrace of artificial intelligence is key to its success in supporting student learning. Here, Leonard Ng Wei Tat shares lessons from building an effective AI teaching assistant

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 3 March, 2025

Get students on board with AI for marking and feedback

A robot hand ticking check boxes on a piece of paper

AI can potentially augment feedback and marking, but we need to trial it first. Here is a blueprint for using enhanced feedback generation systems and gaining trust

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5minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 28 February, 2025

‘We should focus on the effect of the technology rather than the technology itself’

Three Asian university students in a classroom

How much tech is helpful in the classroom? Highlighting both benefits and drawbacks, John Komar explains how computer vision and AI can reinforce personal connections and interactions between teacher and students

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 28 February, 2025

Say goodbye to boring presentations

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GenAI can supercharge your PowerPoint presentations to offer students interactive opportunities that increase participation and deepen learning. Here’s how

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4minutes

By kiera.obrien, 21 February, 2025

DeepSeek and shallow moats: what does it mean for higher education?

A phone screen with several different GenAI apps displayed

DeepSeek’s arrival may have spooked the markets, but what does it mean for the research and development of LLMs? Higher education should avoid putting all its eggs in one GenAI basket, writes Ben Swift

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5minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 20 February, 2025

THE podcast: the pros and cons of AI in higher education

How should universities manage the rapid uptake of artificial intelligence across all aspects of higher education? We talk to three experts about AI’s impact on teaching, governance and the environment

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80minutes

By kiera.obrien, 18 February, 2025

How a liberal arts college can embrace AI tools

Lingnan University president Joe Qin offers advice on using generative AI, building up the science side of liberal arts education and how to encourage staff to share their ideas

By Eliza.Compton, 18 February, 2025

Voice, agency and style: what goes missing when AI chats back

We need to teach that imperfect but authentic writing is more valuable than sentences that are polished on the surface, argue three US academics. Here, they share surprise findings from STEM and beyond

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5minutes

By kiera.obrien, 17 February, 2025

How to integrate AI into strategy and business education

An illustration of a robot hand supporting a human brain

Incorporate AI into your teaching or ignore it and hope it fades from view? Let’s balance these two attitudes by raising our expectations of students

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5minutes

Artificial intelligence