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US university opens free 12-hour AI course for schoolteachers
UMSL, Scale AI and Lindbergh Schools have launched a free, self-paced AI microcredential for US K–12 teachers, following a 20-teacher curriculum pilot.
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The lead story
UMSL, Scale AI and Lindbergh Schools have launched a free, self-paced AI microcredential for US K–12 teachers, following a 20-teacher curriculum pilot.
Cambridge's internal watchdog wants clearer AI rules, better support for supervisors and greater scrutiny of suppliers. Its recommendations are not yet university policy.
Publishers want to control AI reuse of news. Blocking the Wayback Machine raises a harder question: how can libraries keep a record of what gets published?
Princeton's one-year OpenAI pilot extends managed ChatGPT access across campus, with student training required before January rollout. Costs and learning benefits remain to be tested.
Jisc and education bodies want clearer prices, accountable supply chains and the freedom to change AI providers. Their collective statement puts the commercial terms of institutional adoption under scrutiny.
The Office for Students and Advance HE will discuss forthcoming research on AI in teaching, assessment and graduate employability on 16 November.
Jisc's new AI learning analytics guidance puts student support, human oversight and supplier accountability ahead of automated judgements.
Reporting on the network’s internal results finds an uneven picture behind its growth claim. The issue for parents and public-school buyers is how progress is measured, which pupils benefit and what happens to those who struggle.
A Harvard working paper finds strong preferences for machine-written feedback. Its human check involved three editors and ten review pairs, pointing towards a useful pre-submission tool while leaving publication decisions and scientific improvement untested.
DfE seeks a £25m five-year delivery partner for classroom AI content, safety and data standards, with bids closed and an award decision due in November.