University digital transformation and online learning
At EDUCAUSE 2026 in Denver, Ellucian showcased Ellucian AI — powered by a Higher Ed Knowledge Graph codifying roughly 10,000 institutional processes — and its unified SaaS platform Ellucian Student, arguing that the AI race in higher education...
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Universities UK has published its Future Jobs Roadmap, calling for every undergraduate in England to have access to AI tools, an 'AI trailblazer' lecturer on every course, and meaningful work-based learning by 2035 — reaching about 1.4 million...
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Element451 is integrating NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Super open-source model into its agentic deduplication engine — cutting model-running costs by up to 7x for colleges struggling with duplicate student records — as the first step in a broader plan to...
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The University of Southern California will offer a dedicated AI degree, while UCLA is launching a Department of Digital Humanities to apply AI to sociology, archaeology, and history—signaling a new phase of AI-focused academic investment.
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University of Surrey announces AI will be embedded discipline-specifically across every undergraduate degree from September 2026, making it one of the first UK universities to mandate AI integration at the curriculum level.
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University of Leicester announces full Microsoft 365 Copilot deployment for all 25,000 students and staff, with mandatory digital skills training, signaling a shift to institution-wide AI adoption in UK higher education.
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Durham University researchers secure £25,000 to expand AI assessment pilot into Irish schools, testing whether machine learning can augment teacher judgment in real classroom settings with rigorous academic methodology.
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