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The Evolution of the Humanities

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This blog has been kindly written fro HEPI by Professor Marion Thain, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Culture and Technology at King’s College London. However that doesn’t mean humanities disciplines don’t have to change.

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Riding the wave of technological change to enable transformative learning for all

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This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Ian Pickup , Pro Vice Chancellor, Students, at The Open University, and builds on opening and closing remarks made at a recent HEPI round table event. Thinking through the implications of the advance of Generative AI-powered technologies for universities has been a cause for personal reflection.

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How will technology change education in the future?

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There is a long history of people getting their predictions about the future of technology, including the future of technology in education, wrong. Our recent series of blogs on AI intriguingly all had one argument in common, which is that we need to respond to AI in a nuanced, rather than blanket, way and to learn as we go.

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The arts and humanities: rejecting the zero-sum game

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This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Angeliki Lymberopoulou , Senior Lecturer in Art History and Employability lead for the School of Arts and Humanities at the Open University , and Richard Marsden, Senior Lecturer in History and formerly Director of Teaching for the School of Arts and Humanities at the Open University.

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The Intersection of Art and Technology: A Journey from the 1960s to Today

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The following blog post was created entirely by AI (MS Teams/Claude/ChatGPT/DALL-E). Pioneers of the Computer-Art Movement Among the pioneers was Gordon Pask, known for his interactive artworks that explored the human-machine relationship. Interestingly, music and visual arts innovator Brian Eno was among his students.

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AI Is Here to Stay—Is Higher Education Ready for It?

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This blog post is the first in a series about AI and its impact on higher education. Of course, as with any technology, AI has a dark side. Overcoming the Discomfort of Change and Uncertainty In general, humans are terrified of the unknown —especially an unknown that could involve robots taking over the world. Most likely.

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Why fintech, and how is political science useful for a fintech job?

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This blog is provided by Daniel Dipper who graduated from the University of Oxford in 2023, having been the first from his immediate family to go to university thanks to Zero Gravity, The Sutton Trust, and the Social Mobility Foundation. How could a degree in History and Politics be so useful in financial technology?