Ensure learning and assessment in the age of AI continues to build meaningful learning and core skills, with clear guidance on appropriate and ethical AI use.
Lead Officers: Helen and Angus
What is the issue about?
GenAI is already transforming how students work, learn, and think, and it will continue to shape our lives beyond university.
The increasing use of AI raises questions about how assessments can continue to encourage and build genuine understanding, critical thinking, creativity, and meaningful engagement with learning. Moreover, guidance around AI use in assessment is not always clear or consistent, and this can leave students uncertain around what is considered appropriate use of AI.
What are we asking the University to do?
We are asking the University to provide clear guidance on the appropriate and ethical use of AI in assessments, alongside practical, subject-specific support, from programming to report writing. Assessments should be designed to allow students to build the skills they need and show their understanding and engagement with their course, using AI as a tool to support learning, rather than a replacement for their own thinking and work.
What will success look like?
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A collaborative approach to understanding assessment in the AI era between students and the University.
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Assessments are built in a way to maintain core skills, so that AI is used as a tool, not a replacement, for learning.
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Students feel adequately equipped with skills and knowledge to engage with AI ethically and appropriately.
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