{"id":6908,"date":"2025-11-23T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/college-uk-staffordshire-ai\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T13:15:00","slug":"college-uk-staffordshire-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/college-uk-staffordshire-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"College Students Furious When Their Course Is Taught by AI Instead of a Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When it comes to cheaping out on social programs, the UK government might be a world leader. Once a shining example of what social spending can bring to a country, the UK has spent the past few decades gutting government programs<\/a>, leading to a crumbling rail system<\/a>, the destruction of child services<\/a>, and rising education costs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And just as old programs are gutted, new initiatives seem doomed before they even start.<\/p>\n

Nowhere is that more clear than the University of Staffordshire, where for the past two years, students taking part in a recent government-funded apprenticeship program<\/a> have been taught to code not by a professor, but mainly by a large language model.<\/p>\n

The AI adjunct was first detailed by The Guardian<\/em><\/a>, which reported that the program\u2019s 41 students complained of AI-generated voice lessons and slideshows seemingly authored by an LLM. Students who attended the program complained of an inconsistent use of American English, dubious file names, and a startling amount of \u201cgeneric, surface level information,\u201d characteristic of AI models.<\/p>\n

One student, identified by the first name James, told the Guardian<\/em> he was worried he \u201cused up two years\u201d of his life in a program done \u201cin the cheapest way possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we handed in stuff that was AI-generated, we would be kicked out of the uni, but we\u2019re being taught by an AI,\u201d James said. <\/p>\n

Hypocritically, the university\u2019s academic guidelines<\/a> restrict students from \u201cout sourcing your academic work to AI or another human,\u201d under penalty of academic misconduct proceedings<\/a>. \u201cYou can use tools to support your creative and writing processes but the end product must have been produced by yourself and as a result\u00a0of your own research and learning,\u201d the guidelines continue.<\/p>\n

Despite this, the Guardian<\/em> notes, the university\u2019s own policies were updated to justify the use of AI in teaching, setting up a \u201cframework for academic professionals leveraging AI automation.\u201d<\/p>\n

One bizarre clip recently shared with the UK-based publication shows that the use of AI is still ongoing. In it, a video-lesson begins with an AI generated voiceover aping a professor with a British accent, but code switches on a dime to become a lecturer with a Spanish accent instead.<\/p>\n

Given that this has been going on at Staffordshire for two years at this point, it seems all that\u2019s separating students from an authentic education and an AI-generated one is the luck of the draw.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m midway through my life, my career,\u201d James told the Guardian<\/em>. \u201cI don\u2019t feel like I can now just go away and do another career restart. I\u2019m stuck with this course.\u201d<\/p>\n

More on education: <\/strong>AI Is Destroying a Generation of Students<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The post College Students Furious When Their Course Is Taught by AI Instead of a Professor<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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