Artificial Intelligence (AI)

This #Take5 is brought to you by Ikedinachi Ogamba, Associate Professor and Curriculum Lead, Coventry University, UK. Ike explores what it means to be an AI sceptic in this postdigital age. Is it possible? Are we forgetting or neglecting the sceptical, unengaged and disengaged groups in the AI adoption and integration conversation and policy? What does it mean for the academic? What might it mean for their students and higher education?  The Spark, The Angle  The idea to write this piece grew from reviewing an institutional AI literacy framework and competency progression model. The framework mapped educator development and support […]

Event date and time: 5th February 2026, 14.00 – 15.00 For those who are new to the group: we meet approximately once a month to explore and discuss topics related to AI in education. Most meetings follow the Lean Coffee meeting format–we will collectively decide what to discuss at the start of each meeting. We found this approach worked well for our group.

Using GenAI in higher education responsibly: A checklist and discussion cards for critical engagement Generative AI (GenAI) is a growing part of academic life. Despite its increasing use and presence, student surveys typically report uncertainties and concerns about its use and about the support they receive. Whether it’s drafting summaries, exploring ideas for teaching, or rephrasing text, GenAI tools can feel powerful and, at times, overwhelming. But with this power comes responsibility and a need to develop habits of use that are critical, reflective, and sustainable. This #Take5 is brought to you by Sue Becks and Peter Hartley who argue […]

All AI CoP meetings follow the Lean Coffee meeting format–we will collectively decide what to discuss at the start of each meeting.

All AI CoP meetings follow the Lean Coffee meeting format–we will collectively decide what to discuss at the start of each meeting.

This #Take5 is brought to you by Dr Kirsty Hemsworth, Skills Manager, Sheffield Hallam University (SHU). Kirsty leads two student teams in the Library’s Skills Centre at SHU: the Student Skills Partners, who co-design resources and support academic, digital, and information skills projects, and the Library Student Panel, who provide feedback and user experience insight. In this blog, Kirsty shares a practical approach for increasing transparency around Generative AI use in student-staff collaborations, using a traffic-light system that colleagues are invited to adapt and apply to their own partnership work with students. What was the challenge? As anyone involved in […]

Event date and time: 11th May 2026, 14.00 – 15.00 For those who are new to the group: we meet approximately once a month to explore and discuss topics related to AI in education. Most meetings follow the Lean Coffee meeting format–we will collectively decide what to discuss at the start of each meeting. We found this approach worked well for our group.

Event date and time: 16th April 2026, 14.00 – 15.00 For those who are new to the group: we meet approximately once a month to explore and discuss topics related to AI in education. Most meetings follow the Lean Coffee meeting format–we will collectively decide what to discuss at the start of each meeting. We found this approach worked well for our group.

Event date and time: 2nd March 2026, 14.00 – 15.00 For those who are new to the group: we meet approximately once a month to explore and discuss topics related to AI in education. Most meetings follow the Lean Coffee meeting format–we will collectively decide what to discuss at the start of each meeting. We found this approach worked well for our group.

Introduction Josh Thorpe is an Academic Skills Advisor in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling in Scotland. Josh has been an academic advisor and writing instructor for over 15 years. He is the author of a new book, AI for Students. It is an illustrated guide to practical strategies for working with AI tools in education—without cheating or outsourcing creative human thought. In the blog post, Josh shares a flipped model of using AI. Book cover for AI for Students by Josh Thorpe What’s the most interesting thing about AI? In […]