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Walk into almost any university department today and you'll likely find colleagues already using GenAI for all kinds of purposes - drafting lesson plans, generating content, supporting students, even assisting with assessment. GenAI tools are opening up possibilities that would have seemed far-fetched only a few years ago. At the same time, important questions arise about ethics, academic integrity, transparency, data protection, and what it means to be an educator in an AI-e

This session marks the final event of the Erasmus+ project TaLAI: Teaching and Learning with AI in Higher Education, capping three years of work exploring how generative AI can be used responsibly and meaningfully in teaching. The project team will present key outcomes, including policy recommendations, research insights, and a freely available online course for educators, followed by an open discussion. There will be space to reflect on assessment, student guidance, institut

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is rapidly reshaping higher education. While much of the discussion has focused on the risks of AI for academic integrity, a growing number of educators are asking: How can assessment evolve to support meaningful learning in a world where AI is widely available? The TaLAI Policy Guidelines for Assessment in the Context of GenAI in Higher Education offer a practical response, encouraging institutions to move beyond detection and restr

On 29 June 2026, the TaLAI project hosted its closing symposium on GenAI in Higher Education at the University of Amsterdam, bringing together educators, researchers, and policy makers for an afternoon of critical reflection on the role of artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. The event opened with a keynote from Anco Peeters of Radboud University, who challenged one of the central promises of AI-driven education: that efficiency is always a virtue. Drawing on emb

We were delighted to share the TaLAI project's policy guidelines for assessment in the context of Generative AI at this year's Media & Learning Annual Conference in Leuven (17–18 June). Dovilė Dudėnaitė-Tierney presented on behalf of the TaLAI concortium on 18 June, as part of the session "Rethinking Assessment and Learning in the Age of AI." The session brought together educators and researchers to examine how assessment is evolving in resp onse to GenAI - looking at ways to