Artificial Intelligence and our students

Generative AI (GenAI) is a form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that has been ‘fed’ large databases of information and trained to find patterns in that information to recreate human-like text, speech, images, music, code and more. It does this by predicting ‘what comes next’ using patterns, context, and the prompts that we give it. Compared to other AI, GenAI can be said to be ‘creative’ because it produces novel output, whereas traditional AI only identifies patterns.

UTS College has determined a new educational approach to GenAI use which supports and enables our students to make informed decisions on its effective use. Find out more below and watch the video series from our experts in Education!

Rather than framing GenAI use only in terms of misconduct or misuse, UTS College has taken a collaborative approach with students, to inform and educate them on the effective and ineffective use of GenAI for study, assignments and exam preparation.

This approach:

  • educates students to think critically about GenAI
  • models where and how it can be applied
  • informs about where its application is detrimental to learning and skills development.
 

Find out more in the UTS College Approach to GenAI - a guide for teachers

Along with our Approach to GenAI - a guide for teachers, the following examples in this supplement show effective GenAI use and AI prompts for learning that you can use in the classroom.

Find out more in GenAI in learning - examples for teachers

New generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools and functionality are being developed faster than we can keep up with. Its impact is far reaching in education generally, and on how your school and university aged children are using or misusing GenAI for their studies, assignments and exams.

Find out more in the UTS College Approach to GenAI - a guide for parents.
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So that you and your child can make the best use of Generative AI at school and university, we've created 10 top tips to go along with our guide for parents above.

See the UTS College approach to GenAI: 10 top tips on GenAI for parents - fact sheet 2025

This is a summary of Our Educational Approach to Generative AI report, produced by the GenAI working group at UTS College and presented at the 2025 IEAA Pathways Forum by Will Lamb, Learning Design Specialist at the College. The full report is available on request.

Download the summary report for agents on our approach to GenAI use by students.
At UTS College, teachers in creative disciplines are exploring how they can help students use Generative AI (GenAI) ethically, by providing a highly supportive teaching and learning environment. With expert and well-designed support, students become motivated to learn and produce high-quality, original assignments.

Find out more about our approach in our Ethical use of GenAI summary report.