Universities and AI: where is the Leadership?

There is a report out today report by the UK “Office for Students and Advance HE, a charity promoting university governance and teaching, about the use of AI in universities. It says that the use of AI by students for essays, dissertations and other unsupervised coursework has made it “close to impossible” to assess such work reliably and suggests a return to traditional written exams, including viva-voce examinations, in-person presentations, and other forms of supervised assessment. I’ll quote this paragraph from the report: 131. To date, innovation and experimentation with AI has generally been led by individual departments and academic staff. Institutions should now demonstrate leadership on AI by adopting a strategic approach that recognises the technology’s complex and wide-ranging implications across teaching, professional services and beyond. This requires visible strategic leadership that empowers staff to make decisions about the technology’s use in the interests of…

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