ATLANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
Higher Education in the Age of AI: Where we are now and what’s next?
Image created by Chat GBT depicting a futuristic university classroom where artificial intelligence assists students and lecturers. In this special feature on Artificial Intelligence (AI), we look at students’ current use of GenAI, redesigning student assessments, the innovative GenAI:N3 project, ATU’s Academic Integrity hub and an example of the effective use of AI in the classroom.
“ Artificial intelligence is
likely to be either the best or worst thing to happen to humanity.
”
Stephen Hawking (1942 - 2018) Dr Hazel Farrell from South East Technological University (SETU) reminded us of Stephen Hawking’s quote at a webinar on 5 March on ‘Higher Education in the age of AI’ which was part of a series of GenAI awareness webinars run in March at ATU.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not new, but its evolvement has implications for higher education in particular Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, and higher education is now recognising their potential benefits in enhancing teaching and learning (NAIN, 2023). Acknowledging the impact GenAI has on student assessment and academic integrity, many higher education institutions are reconsidering their assessment strategies to uphold academic standards and ensure that assessments accurately reflect students' knowledge and skills.
“ Student use of AI has
surged in the last year, with almost all students (92%) now using AI in some form.
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UK Higher Education Policy Institute Survey, 2025
