"Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel robbed of knowledge and enjoyment after a course they hoped would launch their digital careers turned out to be taught in large part by AI. James and Owen were among 41 students who took a coding module at Staffordshire last year, hoping to change careers through a government-funded apprenticeship programme designed to help them become cybersecurity experts or software engineers."
"If we handed in stuff that was AI-generated, we would be kicked out of the uni, but we're being taught by an AI, said James during a confrontation with his lecturer recorded as a part of the course in October 2024. James and other students confronted university officials multiple times about the AI materials. But the university appears to still be using AI-generated materials to teach the course."
Students at the University of Staffordshire reported feeling robbed of knowledge and enjoyment after a coding module intended to launch digital careers was largely delivered via AI-generated slides and occasional AI voiceovers. Forty-one students enrolled in a government-funded apprenticeship aimed at cybersecurity and software engineering careers. Students repeatedly confronted staff about the AI materials, recording confrontations, but the university continued to use AI-generated teaching content and posted a policy framework allowing academic professionals to leverage AI automation. University policies restrict student use of AI and classify outsourcing work to AI as potential academic misconduct. Students expressed concern about wasted time and stalled career restarts.
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