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đź‘ľ Three Years On: Generative AI at University of Manchester

🗓️ Tuesday 25th November, 10:00–16:00
đź“Ť Venue: Ellen Wilkinson AG.3/4

OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022. Where are we, as a professional community, three years on from this milestone? How have our teaching, research and engagement changed? What challenges have we encountered and what opportunities lie ahead? This workshop invites colleagues who have actively engaged with these questions to come together to take stock and begin sketching an agenda for the next phase of generative AI at Manchester.

There’s innovation taking place across the university, but we haven’t yet joined it up. Let’s connect, learn and shape the next phase. We’d love to hear from you if you have:

  • Undertaken research or scholarship on generative AI in higher education
  • Incorporated generative AI into the content or delivery of your teaching
  • Designed assessments that make use of, or critically engage with, generative AI
  • Contributed to policy, guidance, or process relating to the challenges of generative AI
  • Explored the use of generative AI in professional services, administration, or student support
  • Used generative AI to enhance public or community engagement, or to communicate research to wider audiences
  • Facilitated staff or student development around AI literacy or digital capabilities
  • Supported student learning, wellbeing, or development in relation to generative AI

This Institute of Teaching and Learning supported workshop will be structured around a series of dialogues between 3–5 colleagues on issues of shared concern. The aim is to build networks and catalyse developments, particularly across schools and faculties.

Participants are asked to propose a topic or theme they would like to explore. Possible areas might include:

  • Normalisation and practice: How is generative AI becoming routine in teaching, learning, and research, and how can we steer that process responsibly?
  • Assessment and integrity: What does authentic and effective assessment look like when use of generative AI is widespread?
  • Capability and equity: How do we build AI literacy across disciplines while ensuring equitable access and support for students and staff?
  • Labour and governance: How is AI reshaping academic and professional work, and how should universities manage their growing dependence on external platforms?
  • Ethics and sustainability: What do environmental, ethical and data-governance responsibilities mean for our institutional use of AI?

These are only suggestions. Our priority is to curate conversations that reflect the interests and concerns of colleagues attending the event.

If you’d like to take part, please get in touch by 26 October, indicating the theme or topic you’d like to address. If you can only attend part of the day, please let us know. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Please note this is an internal event for UoM staff.

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