The Future Is Still Ours to Shape
An interactive journey through the Manifesto for Generative AI in Higher Education
Generative AI has changed the landscape of higher education. But a changing landscape does not determine the direction of travel. This course invites you to explore 30 provocations about teaching, learning, responsibility, power, humanity and the future. You will not be asked to agree with them all. Quite the opposite — you will be asked to question them.
What will I learn?
- Explore all 30 Manifesto statements across its three themes.
- Test your judgement against realistic scenarios drawn from teaching, assessment and policy.
- Connect ideas across statements — take positions, then reconsider them.
- Build a personal five-statement Manifesto and choose the one that matters most to you.
- Leave with one concrete change you could realistically make in the next four weeks.
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Explain the purpose and principles underpinning the Manifesto for Generative AI in Higher Education.
- Interpret the Manifesto's 30 statements within its three themes and relate them to higher education practice.
- Critically examine assumptions about teaching, learning, assessment, ethics and institutional responsibility in the context of generative AI.
- Apply selected Manifesto statements to realistic educational scenarios and decisions.
- Evaluate opportunities, tensions and risks associated with generative AI without reducing them to simple “use/don't use” positions.
- Identify practical changes within your own teaching, professional practice or institutional context.
- Develop a personal Manifesto in Action based on the principles most relevant to your practice.
Self-paced, roughly 90–120 minutes. You can leave and return — your progress stays on this device.