AI, Assessment and Learning: Knowledge Exchange Forum
Tuesday 23 June 2026, (Week 9 TT26) 9.30am - 2pm (after lunch)
Assessment in the age of AI
One year on from the AI and Summative Assessment policy, this Knowledge Exchange Forum is a half-day event for staff across the collegiate University to come together and consider how we think about summative assessment in the age of AI.
Rather than a focus on AI technologies, as we co-create approaches that work in the Oxford context, we will explore what remains distinctly human about learning in the age of AI and how we can make sure we assess the learning we truly value.
This is a space to exchange knowledge and changes in practice around summative assessment and institutional policy, while exploring how these changes are playing out in your subject. What conversations are you having with students and your peers? How are expectations of summative assessment shifting? What does meaningful assessment (now) look like in your context and what might it look like in future?
Keynote:
What are we educating students for in the age of GenAI?
The programme features a keynote from Professor Paul Ashwin, Professor of Higher Education, Lancaster University, focussing on: ‘What are we educating students for in the age of GenAI?’
Paul’s research focuses on the educational role of higher education. His latest co-authored, open-access, book, Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education, addresses the current disillusionment with mass higher education and argues that it is based on a profound misunderstanding of its educational potential.
Paul is the lead author on Reflective Teaching in Higher Education (2015, 2020, 2025) written by an international team to support the development of research-informed university teaching, joint Editor-in-Chief of the international journal ‘Higher Education,’ and co-editor of two Bloomsbury book series: ‘Understanding Student Experiences of Higher Education’ and ‘Enhancing Reflective Teaching in Higher Education’.
The Programme
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9.00am |
Arrival, Coffee & Informal Discussion |
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9.30am |
Opening: Professor Jon Chapman, Head of Department, Mathematical Institute |
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9.40am |
Welcome from the Centre for Teaching and Learning, Programme Overview and Pulse Check Survey - Marion Manton, Head of Digital Education and Dr Jane Pritchard, Head of Educational Development |
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9.50am |
AI Competency Centre (AICC) Survey Insights – Alwyn Collinson, Head of the AI Competency Centre |
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10.05am |
Oxford Voices: Learning and AI in Context |
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10.20am |
Knowledge Exchange 1: Experiences, Opportunities & Challenges |
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10.45am |
Refreshment Break & Networking |
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11.05am |
Keynote Presentation: The Human in Learning – Professor Paul Ashwin, Professor of Higher Education, Lancaster University |
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11.50am |
Knowledge Exchange 2: Priorities, Questions & Next Steps |
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12.20pm |
Emerging Themes and Panel Discussion |
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1.00pm |
Closing Remarks |
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1.10pm |
Lunch and Networking |
Through discussion with colleagues, you will have the opportunity to:
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reflect on the conversations you are having with students and peers
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share how you are approaching summative assessment in your context and hear what colleagues are doing across the collegiate university
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surface challenges, questions, and uncertainties you are encountering
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discover approaches that are working, or not, and evolve your thinking for your context
The AI and Summative Assessment Knowledge Exchange Forum is designed as a collaborative, cross-disciplinary exchange grounded in practice, shaped by experience, and focused on what might come next.
Join colleagues from across the collegiate University for timely and thought-provoking conversations.
Please note:
- The keynote presentation will be recorded and made available on this website after the event. No other sessions will be recorded
- Programme subject to change.
Who should attend?
All academic and professional support staff across the collegiate University who are interested in exploring summative assessment in the age of AI.
Registration
This is a half day event, including lunch, starts at 9.30am (9am registration) and is expected to conclude at 2pm.
Please register before 8 June 2026
