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A weekly brief for higher education leaders and researchers examining governance, leadership and research in practice
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29 Sep 2026 | Edition 031
You do not need to know everything about AI, so stop trying and start using it
AI is developing so quickly that trying to keep up with everything can feel overwhelming. But perhaps keeping up is the wrong objective. You do not need to understand the whole AI universe. You just need to start exploring the part that matters to you. ...
22 Sep 2026 | Edition 030
AI Is changing your organisation, whether you planned it or not
AI is already reshaping how work gets done, often faster than organisations realise. The challenge is no longer simply whether employees should use AI, but how organisations develop capability, capture good practice and decide what they actually want to achieve with the productivity gains. ...
15 Sep 2026 | Edition 029
What Happens When AI Removes the Bottom Rung of the Career Ladder?
Much of the debate about AI and employment focuses on which jobs might disappear. But what if the bigger problem is what happens to the people who would once have done them? Entry-level work has traditionally been how people acquire experience, judgement and professional confidence. ...
08 Sep 2026 | Edition 028
Are We Creating Two Classes of Employee with AI?
AI may already be creating two classes of worker: those who know how to use it effectively and those who do not. If some employees are quietly multiplying their productivity with AI, do managers really know who is performing better, or simply who has discovered ...
01 Sep 2026 | Edition 027
Are AI Job Losses in Universities Hiding in Plain Sight?
We hear constantly that artificial intelligence will replace jobs. Yet universities seem strangely absent from this discussion, even as they introduce AI while reducing staff for other reasons. If a post disappears through restructuring, attrition or a decision not to recruit a replacement, would we ...
25 Aug 2026 | Edition 026
You Cannot Lead 650 People the Way You Lead 10
What changes when you move from leading a small team whose jobs you understand to taking responsibility for an organisation of around 650 people, many with specialist expertise far beyond your own? Drawing on my own experience, I consider the transition from managing through personal ...