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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · 18d

iOS 26 has made my iPad mini 6th gen pretty much unusable. Slow, screen barely responds. Anyone found a fix?

Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Sep 2

My colleague Sue Attewell leads our stream of work looking at staff and student perceptions of AI.

In a new blog post the focus is with a group of pre-sessional international students.

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Student Perceptions 2025: Insights from a Group of Pre-sessional International Students at the University of Manchester - Artificial intelligence

How do international students preparing to study in the UK view AI? Sue Attewell spoke with a group of pre-sessional students at Manchester, mostly from China, about their hopes, worries and everyday ...

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Aug 29

There are similar issues with, say, Turnitin. We want to get these discussions in right at the start this time rather than when it’s too.

Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Aug 29

We really want engagement from critical voices.

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thats the kind of thing we want the pilot participants to answer. We want to collectively work out the most responsible approach. There will be a lot of discussion as there are multiple places we need to consider this. Best way to contribute is engage with people in your uni running the pilots.

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Aug 29

All sensible questions! We absolutely want students to be fully involved, and to help universities develop best practice. We know this is a complex area and the views and input from everyone is crucial.

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Jul 25

In a perfect world, maybe we’d all be able to accept everyone’s authentic self and not judge people by how they communicate, including how they write and express themselves. But we don’t live in a perfect world, do we?

#jisc #aied

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Opinion: how generative AI can help us address linguistic inequalities - Artificial intelligence

Within the theme of AI and social inclusion, Tom Moule discusses how generative AI can address linguistic inequality.

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Jul 25

The US have released their AI action plan. We need to take notice as it has profound implications for academia. More here:

#jisc #aied

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Comparing and contrasting the US and UK AI Action Plans - Artificial intelligence

The US Government has just published its AI action plan. Given the UK’s own AI Opportunities Action Plan was published earlier this year, and that both plans touch directly or indirectly on education...

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Jun 27

AI detection, assessment and learning to use electricity.

If we rely on scales/traffic lights and ignore assessment redesign then the logical conclusion is we have to detect AI misuse. Tools aren't great at it, and nor are people.

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AI Detection, assessment and learning to use electricity - Artificial intelligence

This blog post is an update to two previous entries that focused on AI detection tools: ‘AI Detection: Latest Recommendations’ (September 2023) and ‘AI Writing Detectors – Concepts and Considerations’...

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Jun 6

Have you heard of wooden data centres?

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Artificial intelligence and the environment: Looking ahead - Artificial intelligence

In our AI and the environment blog series, we’ve covered taking a responsible approach, provided an update on the current landscape, and looked at putting the numbers into perspective. In this final b...

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · May 24

How often does this lift break down that this signed is needed? Didn’t fill me with confidence!

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · May 24

How often does this lift break down that this signed is needed? Didn’t feel me with confidence!

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · May 19

Can image generation be more than a gimmick? We think so. We ran a pilot exploring imagine generation with 44 institution late last year, and we've now released our report blog post, which includes a nice gallery of images and their prompts:

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Guidance on AI Image Generation: learnings from our pilot - Artificial intelligence

Following Jisc's Image Generation pilot, this report provides guidance on how colleges and universities can use image generation effectively.

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Jisc @jisc.bsky.social · May 2

Two wins for the Jisc cyber team at last night's Security Excellence Awards! Winning both CISO and security team of the year, the judges remarked "exceptional leadership defending not just one organisation, but the entire academic sector, while building a security community."

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Apr 9

A new blog post from my colleague Catherine Barker. Well worth reading, especially to see the striking fashion images that it can create and how they compare to those possible when we did our image generation pilots just a few months ago.

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ChatGPT image generation: What’s changed and why it matters - Artificial intelligence

OpenAI have built their most advanced image generator yet into GPT-4o, which ‘excels at accurately rendering text, precisely following prompts, and leveraging 4o’s inherence knowledge base and chat co...

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Mar 21

Got round to trying Perplexity deep research. The name overhypes its ability but still a decent enough tool to help with some search activities.

Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Mar 12

It’s snowing in Birmingham this morning! Ok, just a tiny bit but still… #digifest25

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Mar 11

I think it’s largely because developing secure in-house tools is really hard, and data security is an important ethical consideration. With commercial companies it can be managed with contracts.

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jaxbartram.bsky.social @jaxbartram.bsky.social · Mar 11

So much in Sana Khareghani’s wonderful keynote on where we are with AI that I could only capture a fraction! #digifest #digifest25 from @jisc.bsky.social

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Mar 11

Fantastic session sharing examples from our Learnwise pilot, with a message around both how useful it is and how quick to deploy. #digifest25

View of the stage and a slide with 4 people.

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Mar 11

Standing room only in our Kaltura workshop around personalised learning and their AI Class Genie beta. #digifest25

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Jisc @jisc.bsky.social · Mar 10

Hall 3 is starting to take shape and there's a buzz in the air. Make sure you tag us in your posts if you're joining us at #Digifest25 so we can share our favourites 🧡

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Mar 7

Who’s coming to Jisc Digifest next week? If you are come and add to our AI map!

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FE Week @feweek.bsky.social · Feb 22

🤖 'We need to learn from the sudden leap we saw with ChatGPT – we're likely to see a similar leap in robotics, which will broaden the impact across many of our skills areas'
@mwebb.bsky.social of @jisc.bsky.social tells colleges

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Preparing for the AI Era: How UK colleges can lead the way

The AI automation age will create stronger demand for uniquely human skills

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Michael Webb @mwebb.bsky.social · Feb 7

Engineering Responsible AI:foundations for environmentally sustainable AI. An excellent new report:

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