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AI has made it ‘close to impossible’ to assess university coursework, regulator says
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- Interviews or qualitative study
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Universities should go back to traditional exams and in-person presentations to grade students after lecturers complained that AI has made it “close to impossible” to assess coursework, according to an investigation by England’s higher education regulator. The Office for Students (OfS) said the credibility of degrees from England’s universities was under threat from the prolific use of AI in essays, dissertations and “open book” exams, with students reporting that their peers boasted of using AI undetected by st…
The problem
In interviews with more than 300 students and staff at 127 English universities and colleges, staff said AI use made coursework assessment "close to impossible" in some areas, and students said AI-assisted work earned similar grades to work done without it.
What this doesn’t fix
The findings come from interviews with students and staff and their reported views, rather than from measured rates of AI use or grading outcomes.
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1 on file- The Guardiantheguardian.com
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v1Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-2468, v1: “AI has made it ‘close to impossible’ to assess university coursework, regulator says.” Truvace, 2026-11-11. /record/TRV-2026-2468 (accessed on the day you copy it). sha256 6e6bcd182de5878b…
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