Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is reshaping higher education, from how students learn and are assessed to how universities teach, research and operate. The blogs, reports and events below explore the opportunities and challenges presented by AI, including academic integrity, changing approaches to assessment and the skills graduates will need in an AI-enabled world, to inform policy and debate across the sector.

Many universities still have no easily accessible AI policy. Two-in-five UK universities have no AI policy that a student, parent or regulator can easily find online, according to What…

Author
Professor Sam Illingworth
Published
21 May 2026

AI use is now ‘near universal’ among undergraduates, but students are divided on its impact, new HEPI survey finds  In just three years, generative AI has moved from novelty to near universality…

Author
Rose Stephenson and Charlotte Armstrong
Published
12 March 2026

New report advises universities to act now on GenAI – and to put human competency at the centre. A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), Being indispensable:…

Author
Dr Doug Specht and Professor Gunter Saunders
Published
5 March 2026
Author
Michal Bobula
Published
23 August 2026
Author
Professor Deba Bardhan Correia and Chris Payne
Published
18 August 2026
Date
10 November 2025
Organiser(s)
HEPI and University of Southampton
Format
Online
Admission
Open-to-all