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 Miranda Prynne, 19 May, 2023

How to make ChatGPT work as a teaching assistant: a case study in law

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A guide to working with AI writing tool GPT-4 to train it as a useful teaching assistant to answer students’ questions, based on Benjamin Liu’s experience doing so in law

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 8 May, 2023

Effective assessment practices for a ChatGPT-enabled world

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Assessment methods that require students to produce authentic, novel and personalised responses can help educators stay ahead of the uncertainty and workload that AI writers create

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3minutes

By dene.mullen, 28 April, 2023

Prompt engineering as academic skill: a model for effective ChatGPT interactions

Gathering information from AI requires a new layer of search skills that includes constructing effective prompts and critically navigating and evaluating outputs

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4minutes

By Miranda Prynne, 25 April, 2023

A checklist for inclusive assessment and feedback, in a post-ChatGPT world

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A checklist for creating inclusive assessment and feedback practices that help to improve student learning experiences and respond to challenges posed by ChatGPT

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3minutes

By dene.mullen, 19 April, 2023

How ChatGPT can help disrupt assessment overload

ChatGPT and AI can be used to aid university assessment

Advances in AI are not necessarily the enemy – in fact, they should prompt long overdue consideration of assessment types and frequency, says David Carless

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4minutes

By Miranda Prynne, 22 March, 2023

How can we teach and assess with ChatGPT?

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A guide to designing teaching and assessments that encourage students to learn with and about ChatGPT

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 17 March, 2023

How generative AI like ChatGPT is pushing assessment reform

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AI has brought assessment and academic integrity in higher education to the fore. Here, Amir Ghapanchi offers seven ways to evaluate student learning that mitigate the impact of AI writers

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3minutes

By Miranda Prynne, 13 March, 2023

Keep calm and carry on: ChatGPT doesn’t change a thing for academic integrity

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ChatGPT is a technological advancement on an already present risk of academic integrity, therefore the same careful approach to assessment design is required to minimise cheating, write Patrick Harte and Fawad Khaleel

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4minutes

By Miranda Prynne, 9 March, 2023

ChatGPT and the future of university assessment

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Artificial intelligence-powered tools like ChatGPT are forcing a much-needed opportunity to reimagine the role of education in the 21st century, says Alex Sims

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3minutes

By sara.custer, 8 March, 2023

THE podcast: how to navigate HE as a woman of colour

Podcast discussing building resilience and protecting well-being among university staff and students

To mark International Women’s Day, we spoke with two female academics about their journey through higher education and the biases and assumptions they have overcome

Artificial intelligence in higher education