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6 A few words from our sponsors

Learning with AI is a book that reflects the best characteristics of the University of Leeds and of our current moment with generative AI: courage, generosity, collaboration, and a commitment to student voice and experience. We are on a journey together with generative AI and its impact on how we learn and live. There will be lots of hype. There will be disappointment and outcomes that underwhelm. But on balance and over time, these technologies will have an impact, and the more we engage, the more positive the impacts are likely to be. To get to outcomes that are human and add value to our experiences will require conversation and collaboration. It will also require that we ground our decision making  in the lived experiences of students, of educators, and more broadly, of those in our communities around us.
I was so pleased to hear of this project at its inception and happy to support it. The project is creative, the voices vibrant, and the project alive. My thanks to everyone who participated. You have done remarkable work and started something that I hope grows with us.

Professor Jeff Grabill
Deputy Vice Chancellor Student Education, University of Leeds (up to July 2025)
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University at Buffalo (since July 2025)

 

This book belongs first to its storytellers. To every student who has shared their journey with artificial intelligence, your honesty, courage, and imagination give life to these digital pages. By sharing your experiences, you spark new ideas, honour diverse perspectives, and encourage us all to see education as something we create together. And to the student editors who continue to guide and grow this living book, your care and vision make it a space where many voices convene. Together, you remind us that the future of learning is built story by story. Your contributions and commitments keep this collection open, collaborative, and evolving; an invitation for others to join the conversation and shape the yet-unwritten pages.

Learning with AI is not a distant prediction or an abstract case study, it is here, now, in these authentic and vulnerable accounts from our community. By opening their experiences to us, they show us all that innovation grows from curiosity, risk-taking, and the creativity of everyday learning. It is a joy and a privilege to witness this collection take shape – thank you for this important work. I can’t wait to read what emerges in the future!

Dr Margaret Korosec
Director of Digital Education and Learning Innovation, University of Leeds

 

Learning with AI is a groundbreaking, student-edited open book from the University of Leeds that captures how learners across disciplines are experimenting with Generative AI to support their studies. Edited by Olivia Davies and Amani Ahsan, it brings together authentic student perspectives – revealing AI in action as a study partner, exam coach, coding tutor, and creative collaborator – while also exemplifying the University’s long-standing commitment to partnership working between staff and students. Even experienced educators, such as Professor Chrissi Nerantzi writing here in her role as a postgraduate student, add their voices to this diverse collection. For the wider higher education sector, the book provides a timely and evolving resource: not only a window into how students are already using AI to clarify concepts, scaffold assignments, build confidence, and co-create knowledge, but also a powerful model of student–staff partnership to help institutions respond thoughtfully to both the opportunities and challenges that generative AI presents.

Professor Kenneth McDowall
Interim Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Student Education and Experience, University of Leeds

 

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