Can AI Help Us Evaluate How We Write with AI: a proposal for a provisional manifesto for AI assisted writing
Can AI help evaluate AI-assisted writing? A provisional manifesto for preserving academic judgement and disclosing AI use honestly.
Learning & Teaching
We May Be Teaching AI Filmmaking the Wrong Way
We may be teaching AI filmmaking the wrong way by focusing on prompts rather than structured shot design and temporal control.
Is there really a “reading crisis” in universities?
Is there a reading crisis in universities, or should higher education teach reading more explicitly through structured practice?
Unstable Problems and the Future of Assessment
Unstable problems and the future of assessment: why open tasks should test judgement, problem framing and sustained inquiry, not recall.
The Skills Alchemy Gap: Are Creative Degrees Preparing Students for the Industry That Actually Exists?
Are creative degrees preparing students for today’s industry? Explore the skills alchemy of transversal and business-critical learning.
Becoming a Beginner Again: Reflections on Learning, Struggle, and Pedagogy
Returning to the classroom at 65 to study Chinese prompted a reflection on what it means to learn as an adult — and becoming a beginner again.
Always Leaving, Never Arriving: The Cultural Revolution of Change Management
When change management becomes permanent revolution, improvement never arrives — only exhaustion, instability, and loss.
Generative AI and the Creative Industries: A Call for Sector-Specific Action in Higher Education
A response to Michael Webb’s Jisc keynote arguing for a sector-specific AI strategy, focused on practice, agency, and curriculum change.
Rethinking Trust and Collaboration in Academic Development
A reflective response on trust, intrapreneurship and academic development, questioning whose voices are heard and how learning is positioned.
AI and UK Screen Production: We Need to Talk About What’s Happening Now, Not in Ten Years
AI is transforming UK screen production workflows, roles, and skills. Discover what Higher Education must do now to prepare graduates for an AI-driven industry.