Assessment is being rewritten because of AI
Two Quality Assurance Agency staff set out how three years of AI use have left universities unable to trust unsupervised written work, and how patchily the sector has responded — some departments have moved to supervised exams and oral defences, others have changed nothing but the wording of their declarations. What it means in practice is that how you are assessed may differ between two modules of the same degree. What counts as academic misconduct is worth reading before you rely on a tool.
A framework for the courses run by someone other than your university
A new HEPI policy note argues that partnerships — where a university’s degree is taught by a partner college — have grown faster than the rules holding them together, and proposes a common accountability framework covering standards, student protection and public trust. If you study at a partner or franchised provider, this is the debate about who is answerable when something goes wrong with your course.