The University of Manchester currently has the following guidance in relation to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
- Guidelines for using or developing AI (Staffnet News)
- Guidelines for Staff and Students Using or Developing AI
- AI Report (Blog)
- An institutional review of AI – If you have any questions or feedback please get in touch via ai.review@manchester.ac.uk.
- Update from Steve Pettifer and Gabrielle Finn.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Teaching Guidance.
- Assessment Toolkit.
- AI Statement for handbooks.
- Library Help: Teaching and learning – Can I use a chatbot or AI tool in my assignments?
- Academic Malpractice Procedure.
- Academic Integrity: guidance and resources. – In this guide you will learn what is meant by Academic Integrity and what it means for your studies. You will find guidance and resources on how to avoid academic malpractice, and what may happen if it is suspected.
- Introducing Library Kortext AI study tools pilot. – The University of Manchester Library is excited to announce the launch of a Kortext AI Study Tools Pilot. Working in partnership with Kortext, the pilot invites module convenors, and students enrolled on their modules, to test a range of generative AI study tools designed to enrich teaching and learning.
- Copilot. – Copilot is not yet an officially supported University service, however a pre-production trial is taking place across the University.
The Teaching and Learning Team within The University of Manchester Library are planning on creating an e-resource platform.
Any queries relating to the use of AI should be directed to: Steve Pettifer (steve.pettifer@manchester.ac.uk), Academic Lead for Digital Learning.
Additional Resources
Future workshops may be advertised by The University of Manchester Library (MLE), Events at the University of Manchester, or FBMH News.
Humanities eLearning Training
Get Started with ChatGPT and Copilot
ChatGPT is an AI tool that can perform a range of tasks prompted by user input or dialogue.
Microsoft Copilot is built on ChatGPT but works more closely with Microsoft applications including Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
In this session you will briefly compare the features of paid and unpaid versions of ChatGPT and Copilot. You will then log into unpaid versions of both ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot (web version) to compare their functionality and fit for your practice.
- HUMEL0272 Get started with ChatGPT and Copilot – campus
- HUMEL0273 Get started with ChatGPT and Copilot – online
FBMH AI Discussion Panel – 20 February, 13:30 – 15:00
During this panel staff from across FBMH will be discussing various aspects of AI, including its wide range of application (for both staff and students), the new landscape it is going to be moving us towards and general thoughts as to how we need to now adapt our attitude and conduct towards our teaching and assessment.
Find out more information and register.
AI Workshop: Data, Analytics, Privacy and AI Services with Mark Johnson and May Tassabehji
AI tools are clearly extremely powerful in their ability to process and analyse data very quickly, and this capability is likely to transform the workflows of research activity and educational activities in the very near future. However, there are concerns over appropriate and safe ways of using AI services.
This workshop will explore and demonstrate safe and secure ways in which AI can be used to analyse datasets, producing results in machine-readable formats, writing code to perform statistical calculations, and generating synthetic data. From an educational perspective, AI provides ways in which learning activities can be increasingly research/inquiry-led, using synthetic data and making statistics “real” and authentic for students.
Code from the workshop examples will be made available to participants to explore in their own work.
Where: 4.47 Simon building and online
When: 21 February 2025
Time: 10:00 – 12:00
Register via Forms.
Contact madeleine.ryan@manchester.ac.uk for more information, and to be added to the mailing list.
AI Workshop: People simulation and consultation skills in Nursing and Dentistry
with Mark Johnson and Louise Smith
In this session you will design virtual “patients” who can be used in Nursing, Dentistry, or related clinical fields where interaction with a virtual “person” can be a useful aid to learning and assessment.
This topic-focused session will bring together technical expertise with disciplinary and pedagogical expertise to create working examples of AI application in pedagogy.
The session offers an opportunity to practically explore what is possible with current AI, and to discuss the potential for transformation in pedagogy and educational organisation.
When: 13 March 2025
Time: 10:00 – 12:00
Location: 4.47 Simon Building and online
Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/K4LM9njjnc
Generative AI and social justice: navigating the contradictions
Thu 2/27/2025 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Humanities Bridgeford Street, University of Manchester;Hanson Room
Universities around the world have a responsibility to support staff and students – and to provide leadership beyond their immediate communities – in their approach to generative AI.
But this responsibility involves troubling contradictions. The development of GAI models may run counter to universities’ commitments on sustainability and social justice. AI corporations collaborate openly with forces of disinformation and surveillance. But staff and students are already using these technologies daily, and with emerging impacts on knowledge practices and economies. How should we as scholars and teachers navigate these contradictions?
We are delighted to welcome to Manchester the Director for the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at the University of Cape Town, Sukaina Walji, to speak on the question of balancing responsible use with concern for equity and social justice. She will be joined by a panel of three experts from the University of Manchester, who will respond to her before opening the floor to questions and contributions from colleagues.
The LD Project Podcast – ‘New Podcast episode: The Learning Development Project x Maha Bali collab: Using GenAI in HE
We kick off a new year of conversation in style, thanks to our first guest Maha Bali, Professor of Practice at the American University in Cairo, who generously shares her ideas for and experiences of using generative AI in higher education. We used her paper ‘How do we respond to generative AI in education? Open educational practices give us a framework for an ongoing process‘ as a jumping off point into the waters of transformative teaching and intentionally equitable hospitality and how generative AI might play a part in that. We have no doubt that there will be something here for everyone, regardless of your knowledge of or feelings towards generative AI.
You can listen to all of our previous episodes on our showpage on the ALDinHE website, as well as finding us and subscribing on your preferred podcast platform. Thank you to all of our listeners, old and new!
Happy listening!