AI in Tertiary Education: National Centre for AI launched today - Global EdTech

The initiative – which has been welcomed by global technology companies including Amazon Web Services, Google, and Microsoft – is led by the education and technology not-for-profit, Jisc, and supported by innovation-focused universities and colleges throughout the UK. It will initially be staffed by a dedicated team of seven AI experts, plus consultants and partners from industry and education. The National Centre supports the government's AI Strategy, which the digital secretary, Oliver Dowden, announced in March, saying: "Unleashing the power of AI is a top priority". Yet while AI is predicted to increase our national GDP by 10.3% by 2030, and despite Office for Artificial Intelligence estimates that AI could boost productivity in some industries by 30%, a lack of investment in AI for education is endangering the UK's global competitiveness. Nationally, we are yet to meaningfully embed technology within higher and further education.