Welcome to October 2025’s Spotlight on AI in Education bulletin. With how fast things are moving, this will help you cut through the noise and catch what’s important. The bulletin highlights on-the-ground practice, institutional perspectives and trends in generative AI use across the sector and beyond. We hope you find this useful.
If you have anything you’d like to contribute or see in this bulletin please email EE@sussex.ac.uk
Upcoming Events at Sussex
EVENT: The Sussex AI in Education Community of Practice In-Person Meeting 4 (Focus – the Sussex Principles for AI in Education Principle 4: Academic Integrity and Student Experience.)
Tell me more: The 4th meeting of the AI in Education Community of Practice will be on Monday 1st December 2025. We will meet in the Library Teaching Room which is based on the ground floor near the accessible entrance (IDS side entrance). We will briefly share the university’s Principles for AI in Education (published here) and will focus our attention on Principle 4: Academic Integrity and Student Experience.
Note: this is a different room to previous CoP meetings but still in the Library.
Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/e/ALJiCG97Us(so we know how many mince pies to buy!)
Join the Teams area for the AI Community of Practice here: www.tinyurl.com/sussex-ai-cop
Read more about our previous AI CoPs on the blog .
Whole-Institution News at Sussex
The biggest news for AI in Education at Sussex is the publication of the seven principles which you can read here: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/ai-principles .
Tell me more: The principles are the result of an institution-wide survey which was conducted in March 2025. Responses were synthesised and distilled into seven proposed principles which were shared at the AI Summit in April 2025. Feedback on the seven proposed principles was incorporated into revisions and the final draft was approved in the summer. Thank you for all the input we received for this important project.
Across the Sector
New Publication: AI and the Future of Universities (HEPI Report 193) 10/25.
Tell me more: HEPI, in partnership with the University of Southampton, published a new collection of essays AI and the Future of Universities (HEPI Report 193) on 16th October 2025. The collection is edited by Dr Giles Carden and Josh Freeman and is presented in the foreword as a “call to action”. Read more and download the pdf here: https://www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/right-here-right-now-new-report-on-how-ai-is-transforming-higher-education .
Further Afield
Student attitudes to AI continue to evolve
The Guardian reported that 62% of students (school age) surveyed felt that over-reliance on AI to complete tasks for them could have a negative impact on their own skills: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/15/pupils-fear-ai-eroding-study-ability-research
Channel 4 uses an AI presenter
Tell me more: One of the presenters in this episode of Dispatches was entirely AI-generated. Watch the documentary here first https://www.channel4.com/programmes/will-ai-take-my-job-dispatches/on-demand/78405-001 if you’d like to guess which presenter, or go straight to this article for the information: https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-makes-tv-history-britains-first-ai-presenter
Final Remarks
- Join the Teaching and Learning with GenAI Community. If you’d like to join the community and be first to hear about events. Get in touch with us and we can add you to the list and dedicated MS Teams community. www.tinyurl.com/sussex-ai-cop
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This was a Spotlight on AI in Education update from Educational Enhancement.
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