Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world at an unprecedented pace, and higher education is no exception. The big challenge for higher education concerning AI is not simply what changes it will bring but the speed at which it will happen. How can we prepare our students for the future of work and society in the age of AI, and how do we remain 'fit for purpose'?
We have seen considerable concentration on assessment in higher education over the last year, but we must widen the conversation. We need to focus on employability, and ensuring that our students can find jobs and giving them the skills to adapt to a quickly changing world.
Charles Knight, Assistant Director, Knowledge and Innovation and project lead, introduces the project below.
This project is relevant to: All members
Job functions: Academics, Learning Designers and Technologists, Employability and Careers Staff, Student Experience, Middle Management and Senior Leaders.
Projects:
AI Garage - Creating the Future Now
By collecting and curating cutting-edge practice examples, we aim to provide insights into AI's current and future possibilities for enhancing teaching, learning, research and administration.
AI Futures from the Ground Up
This benefit explores how AI will transform the higher education sector from a bottom-up perspective. It will consist of three round tables, each building on the insights and feedback from the previous one.
AI for Student Success and Employability
This project aims to create a dialogue between external stakeholders like industry and regulatory bodies collaborating with higher education institutions (HEIs) on artificial intelligence.
AI Garage - Creating the Future Now
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the practice of universities in many ways, from enhancing teaching and learning to automating administration and research.
Many colleagues across the sector are experimenting and innovating in their practice at speed, following the principle of 'garage' innovation. This project aims to capture and share cutting-edge innovation practices in universities now and inspire others to join the AI revolution.
We invite members to share their innovative practices across a range of identified themes (including employability, research capability building, and student support), and we will use these to identify snapshots of leading practice and conclude with a reflective report that indicates the key themes and developments that have been highlighted and what this means for the sector.
Output - Reflective report
This short report is a high-level analysis of various AI-centric projects undertaken within HEIs. The data for this analysis was collected as part of a member benefit project entitled “AI Garage”, where the ‘garage’ can either be taken as a metaphor for the creativity of a garage band or as an allusion to how many technology innovations claim to be created in a garage.
Output - Explore the Submissions
Submissions to the AI Garage will appear in the Knowledge Hub. Use the Garage to explore and understand the breadth of cutting-edge practice of AI in different contexts.
Please note that we update the AI Garage on a rolling basis to ensure we have a regular flow of new projects. It may take a month or two to appear in the garage.
Please note that we update the AI Garage on a rolling basis to ensure we have a regular flow of new projects. It may take a month or two to appear in the garage.
Practice Submission
This is an excellent opportunity to highlight your work, network with other practitioners, and learn from each other. We were interested in submissions from any discipline in any part of the world - the only exception is that we aren't interested in projects on assessment or academic integrity. Your project doesn't have to involve students - just AI in a higher education context.
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AI Futures from the Ground Up
We will bring together three different groups within higher education, starting from students, teachers and researchers, each discussion will build on the insights and feedback from the previous one.
The benefit will produce a short report summarising the three round tables' primary outcomes and implications.
Output - Round tables
These interactive round table events explored how AI will transform the higher education sector from a bottom-up perspective. We brought together three different groups within higher education, starting from students, teachers and researchers, each discussion built on the insights and feedback from the previous one.
Output - Reflections and Recommendations report
This report presents the main findings and insights from three round tables organised by Advance HE, where experts and practitioners discussed the opportunities and challenges of integrating AI into Higher Education. Based on the round table discussions, the report offers some recommendations for enhancing the quality and effectiveness of AI-enhanced practice in Higher Education.
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AI for Student Success and Employability
These online forums will foster dialogue amongst academic and careers stakeholders, employers and PSRB representatives on the implications of artificial intelligence (whether generative or analytical) for graduate attributes, employability and/or employment for the future.
Output - Online forum 1: The Careers and Employability Perspective
Date: 7 March 2024, 10 am GMT
In the first forum, we explored the impact of artificial intelligence on Careers education and support, both expert-led and ‘mainstreamed’ across various fields and professions. We brought together experts from different domains to share their insights and experiences on how AI is transforming their work processes, challenges and opportunities. We also discussed what kind of competencies and qualifications are required for the future workforce in the era of AI.
In the first forum, we explored the impact of artificial intelligence on Careers education and support, both expert-led and ‘mainstreamed’ across various fields and professions. We brought together experts from different domains to share their insights and experiences on how AI is transforming their work processes, challenges and opportunities. We also discussed what kind of competencies and qualifications are required for the future workforce in the era of AI.
Online forum 2: The Perspective from Accrediting, Public, Regulatory and Statutory Bodies, and Employers
Wednesday 8 May 2024 | 10:00 - 11:30 am
Employers and PSRBs (Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies) play a key role in shaping the standards and expectations of Higher Education. They accredit courses, endorse qualifications, and support the development of skills and competencies for various professions. This webinar will discuss how AI transforms how employers and professional bodies and other statutory and regulatory bodies operate and interact with Higher Education Institutions. We will explore AI's opportunities and challenges for enhancing quality assurance, curriculum design, assessment, and lifelong learning.
Employers and PSRBs (Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies) play a key role in shaping the standards and expectations of Higher Education. They accredit courses, endorse qualifications, and support the development of skills and competencies for various professions. This webinar will discuss how AI transforms how employers and professional bodies and other statutory and regulatory bodies operate and interact with Higher Education Institutions. We will explore AI's opportunities and challenges for enhancing quality assurance, curriculum design, assessment, and lifelong learning.
Speakers of open forum 2
Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, Head of Portfolio, NHS England
Dr Matthew Forshaw, Reader in Data Science , Newcastle University
Nathan Hardwick, Creative Director and Writer, SFEDI Group
Project Leads
Additional resources
Dr Kay Hack, Lead consultant, Education at Advance HE, and Professor Rachel Dunscome, visiting professor in digital health leadership at Imperial College London, and CEO of OpenEHR discuss Generative AI and its role in the healthcare sector and wider impact on higher education.
Integrity in the era of Generative AI: cocreating principles for ethical practice in Learning, Teaching and Assessment
This report captures the perspectives of academics on generative AI from three events held at the University of Galway in Ireland, Aga Khan University in Kenya, and the British Council in the UK. These events brought together a diverse range of educators and leaders from various countries. Participatory approaches were used to gather insights from all participants.
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