Global Initiatives in AI Education and Skills Development

In this episode of the AI in Education Podcast, Dan and Ray dive into the latest developments shaping the future of AI in learning environments - from vocational colleges to elite universities. All the links to items and research discussed are below!

News

• Australia's Future Skills Organisation and Microsoft launched the FSO Skills Accelerator-AI partnership
  • https://www.futureskillsorganisation.com.au/skills-accelerator-ai/
• Microsoft Elevate
  • https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/07/09/elevate 
• Google commits US$1bn for AI training at US universities
  • https://www.innovationaus.com/google-commits-us1bn-for-ai-training-at-us-universities/ 
• CAUDIT Top Ten 2025
  • https://www.caudit.edu.au/resources/2025-top-ten-report/ 
• South Korea pulls plug on AI textbooks
  • https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10546695 
• Consumer news reporting on AI in Education
  • ABC
    • https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-13/artificial-intelligence-in-the-classroom-education/105638698
  • Channel 9
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGUygg-q0ok
    • https://www.9news.com.au/national/artificial-intelligence-in-schools-productivity-commission-report-national-push-for-teachers-to-use-gen-ai/4e9016dd-5de0-48de-ab64-f637adfbed53
• Productivity Commission report that highlights the use of AI in education, including to reduce teacher workload
  • https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/current/adaptable-workforce/interim 
• New DFE AI guidance for schools
  • https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/generative-artificial-intelligence-in-education/generative-artificial-intelligence-ai-in-education 
• Ofsted's findings on AI in Education
  • https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-in-schools-and-further-education-findings-from-early-adopters/the-biggest-risk-is-doing-nothing-insights-from-early-adopters-of-artificial-intelligence-in-schools-and-further-education-colleges 

Research

• AI tutoring outperforms in-class active learning: an RCT introducing a novel research-based design in an authentic educational setting
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-97652-6 
• AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues
  • Original paper: https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12911-025-03118-0
  • News reporting: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/11/ai-tools-used-by-english-councils-downplay-womens-health-issues-study-finds