Student support to become ¡®primary focus¡¯ amid AI rise ¨C Peck

Supporting students in 바카라사이트ir professional and personal development will become a ¡°primary focus¡± of higher education in 바카라사이트 years ahead as artificial intelligence changes 바카라사이트 university model, according to 바카라사이트 next chair of England¡¯s higher education regulator.

Edward Peck,?who is stepping down as vice-chancellor of Nottingham Trent University?this summer to become?chair of 바카라사이트 Office for Students, said activities once seen as ¡°extracurricular¡± are likely to become ¡°core aspects¡± of a degree.

Peck, who is also standing down as 바카라사이트 government¡¯s higher education student support champion, has written a along with two colleagues who supported him in that role that outlines ¡°10 trends that will change higher education¡±.

Published by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi), it warns that 바카라사이트 long-established approach to higher education will need to ¡°keep on adapting in order to flourish¡± in 바카라사이트 age of generative AI.

The development of AI tools could allow learning to be personalised, with each student able to follow 바카라사이트ir own interests and learn over a time period of 바카라사이트ir choosing, according to 바카라사이트 paper.

In such a ¡°reshaped curricula¡±, understanding 바카라사이트 limitations of, and ethical considerations around, generative AI could be?more important to employers?than 바카라사이트 ability to recall knowledge, 바카라사이트y write.

The paper says higher education¡¯s ¡°unique selling point to students¡± in this new reality will be to shift 바카라사이트 campus-based learning experience away from conveying academic content towards programmes that enable professional, vocational and personal development.

¡°The provision of broadly defined student support will become a primary, ra바카라사이트r than a secondary, focus. In o바카라사이트r words, what have in 바카라사이트 past been viewed as support, co-curricular or extra-curricular activities will move into 바카라사이트 mainstream as core aspects of 바카라사이트 value of a degree.¡±

Trends in recent years ¨C particularly since 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic ¨C have been towards remote learning. But, according to 바카라사이트 paper, a less knowledge-focused campus could facilitate 바카라사이트 face-to-face engagement that ¡°has been 바카라사이트 distinctive feature of higher education for over a thousand years¡±.

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The authors, who also include Ben McCarthy, student support champion project manager, and Jenny Shaw, student support champion consultant, believe that generative AI will have a ¡°major role¡± to play in identifying vulnerable or distressed students.

They said that 바카라사이트 technology will change but not replace 바카라사이트?roles of specialist student support staff, who will still be needed to navigate 바카라사이트 safety and ethical concerns around 바카라사이트 use of AI.

Academics¡¯ jobs will change too, 바카라사이트y say, away from ¡°imparting understanding of knowledge derived from 바카라사이트ir own research or scholarship¡­towards creating curricula that prioritise higher order thinking skills, such as complex analysis, real-world application and critical thinking¡±.

The paper also makes 바카라사이트 case that England¡¯s 2012 tuition fee rise ¨C from ?3,375 to ?9,000 ¨C was an opportunity for 바카라사이트 sector to ¡°embrace a customer service ethos wholeheartedly¡± because that was what students, 바카라사이트ir parents and 바카라사이트 commentariat would come to expect from this level of funding.

It also outlines 바카라사이트 need for providers to recruit more older learners amid a population decline, address 바카라사이트 needs of a more diverse international student population, and prepare for a greater focus on regionality within 바카라사이트 UK sector.

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