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

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. nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/09/0...

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 nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/07/0...

The US have released their AI action plan. We need to take notice as it has profound implications for academia. More here: #jisc #aied nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/07/2...

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. nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/06/2...

Have you heard of wooden data centres? nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/06/0...

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

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

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: nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/05/1...

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."

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. nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/04/0...

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

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

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

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

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

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 🧡

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

🤖 '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 feweek.co.uk/with-the-rig...

Engineering Responsible AI:foundations for environmentally sustainable AI. An excellent new report: nepc.raeng.org.uk/media/2aggau...

Jisc's @mwebb.bsky.social initial top level advice on #Deepseek nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/01/2... #AIEd

I’m sure there’s some metaphor or story here - but anyway, I love the inventive use of an upside down gym bench to fix the velodrome track.

Today's announcement at BETT from Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson: Phttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/education-secretary-outlines-plans-to-modernise-education-sector

Loved the new Bob Dylan film.

Out of interest, has anyone seen Meta's fact checking in action recently? I don't really ever see anything that would warrant fact checking. Updates on our village, friends days out, music updates from the 1990s etc. Where does it actually happen? Is it in some of the groups?

Wow! "6/ Work with President Trump to push back against foreign governments going after American companies to censor more.... the best way to defend against the trend of government overreach on censorship is with the support of the US government."

The rapid advancement of AI is transforming the landscape of workforce development, especially in FE and skills. This new blog post explores the challenges and opportunities presented by AI and how we can shape a future-ready workforce. #AmplifyFE

And in non-AI related things as it’s Xmas eve... probably the nearest I’ll ever got to co-writing a Christmas song. It’s got twinkly bells at the beginning anyway…

Working on presentations for next year. In 2025 the term 'Artificial Intelligence' will be 70 years old, so I something i'll probably be weaving in. www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/history/...

I’m currently writing our AI review of 2024. Jon Hopkins is good writing music.

Hmm. Apple Intelligence on my Mac is underwhelming. Anyone found anything useful or interesting?

This thread nails it. I wonder if Microsoft can turn it around?

It's the most hotly anticipated end-of-year report and no, we're not talking about Spotify Wrapped. Our annual review is out now. Read on to see how we've been saving you money, keeping you secure, and leading the conversation on AI in 2024.

Our expenses system has just asked me if I love it. I’m scared what may happen if I say no…

I just noticed a mirror situation here: *Faculty don't want students to use AI. **Students use AI anyway. * Educational developers don't want Faculty to use AI detectors. **Faculty use AI detectors anyway. SIGH

It's Day 4 featuring an @AmplifyFE Insights #AI case study. Hull College's @DebKellsey's award-winning #AITranslate is a cross-college initiative enabling all staff to confidently use translation apps to help learners #AmplifyFE #25DaysofAmplifyFE https://buff.ly/4f6awA2

Nice morning for a bike ride.

Researchers working in critical edtech studies - just over 2 weeks to send proposals for our conference in Zurich next June. Help build a community of critical edtech research. Especially hope it appeals to doctoral and early career researchers www.de.ed.ac.uk/news/call-ab...

I did! I chaired a very enjoyable opening keynote panel on AI and security with Rebecca Flook (Jisc), Clare Johnson, (Women in Cyber Wales) and Mark Watts (University of Southampton.) Thanks for all the questions and sorry we didn’t have time to answer them all.

@wonkhe.bsky.social 's got a 'Share on Bluesky' button :-) One I've just been reading with a nice prompt example: AI isn't a tool, it's an environment wonkhe.com/blogs/ai-isn...

Hey, here's my starter pack of folks I follow on Bsky around AI, in relation to writing, tech, regulation, thinking, and pedagogy. It's a mix of critical, enthusiastic, and moderate voices. Who did I miss? go.bsky.app/NG7WrA5

Seriously impressed that Bluesky is handling this level of growth with just 20 employees.

From OpenAI: "GPT-4o got an update 🎉 The model’s creative writing ability has leveled up–more natural, engaging, and tailored writing to improve relevance & readability. It’s also better at working with uploaded files, providing deeper insights & more thorough responses."

Are you coming to the Jisc Cyber Security Conference? If so come along to our AI and Cyber Security keynote panel. I'll be joined by Andy Bellamy and Clare Johnson, and we'll talk about how AI is a cause of new security threats, but also part of the solution. www.jisc.ac.uk/security-con...

No snow here in Newport - just lots of rain.

Latest #WeeklyResourceRoundup for teaching in HE wordpress.aber.ac.uk/e-learning/c... #AcademicSky #EduSky #AberPGCTHE

Colleagues in Wales, particularly those interested in FE - next Tuesday I'm speaking at this event: "Join Grŵp Colegau NPTC and CENTURY for a day of sharing best practices achieved during the Welsh Government funded AI project." www.century.tech/events/

Some longer thoughts on face blindness (with a tiny bit of AI): open.substack.com/pub/mwebb/p/...

A new blog post from my Jisc colleague @helennicholson.bsky.social on Grammarly's authorship tool: #aied #aieducation nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2024/11/1...

A blog from our AI team at Jisc rounding up some recent AI/Education stories that we found interesting/useful: nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2024/11/1...