Wayne Holmes
@wayne-holmes.bsky.social
Professor of Critical Studies of AI and Education @UCL. Also UNESCO Chair in the Ethics of AI and Education (with the International Research Centre on AI, Slovenia), Council of Europe (AI&ED lead expert), and UNESCO and UN (AI&ED consultant). PhD (Oxon).
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Unlike MOOCs and learning management systems, generative AI entered higher education at the student level. LLMs like ChatGPT essentially appeared overnight & students around the world were suddenly using them. @wayne-holmes.bsky.social on how AI is changing the classroom: www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
The False Promise of AI in Classrooms | IE Insights
AI is changing classrooms fast—but not always for the better. Professor Wayne Holmes of University College London explains why tools like ChatGPT won’t fix education and what we risk by misunderstandi...
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September 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Unlike MOOCs and learning management systems, generative AI entered higher education at the student level. LLMs like ChatGPT essentially appeared overnight & students around the world were suddenly using them. @wayne-holmes.bsky.social on how AI is changing the classroom: www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
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Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
August 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
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800 Olympic Swimming pools a day, the same as 100,000 hosepipes on all the time.
That is how much water is leaking from the Water Companies broken pipes.
But it is you they blame.
That is how much water is leaking from the Water Companies broken pipes.
But it is you they blame.
August 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
800 Olympic Swimming pools a day, the same as 100,000 hosepipes on all the time.
That is how much water is leaking from the Water Companies broken pipes.
But it is you they blame.
That is how much water is leaking from the Water Companies broken pipes.
But it is you they blame.
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Norway has increased its Student Grant to more than 14,000 Euros.
It is now paying its Students 1.5x more than England, Wales and Northern Ireland are charging them.
One of us had our fossil fuel stolen and sold by thieves. The other didn't.
Can you guess which is which?
It is now paying its Students 1.5x more than England, Wales and Northern Ireland are charging them.
One of us had our fossil fuel stolen and sold by thieves. The other didn't.
Can you guess which is which?
August 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Norway has increased its Student Grant to more than 14,000 Euros.
It is now paying its Students 1.5x more than England, Wales and Northern Ireland are charging them.
One of us had our fossil fuel stolen and sold by thieves. The other didn't.
Can you guess which is which?
It is now paying its Students 1.5x more than England, Wales and Northern Ireland are charging them.
One of us had our fossil fuel stolen and sold by thieves. The other didn't.
Can you guess which is which?
Human-level AI is not inevitable.
“It’s obvious why so many capitalists are AI enthusiasts: they foresee a technology that can achieve their long-time dream of cutting workers out of the loop (and the balance sheet).”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“It’s obvious why so many capitalists are AI enthusiasts: they foresee a technology that can achieve their long-time dream of cutting workers out of the loop (and the balance sheet).”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Human-level AI is not inevitable. We have the power to change course | Garrison Lovely
Technology happens because people make it happen. We can choose otherwise
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July 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Human-level AI is not inevitable.
“It’s obvious why so many capitalists are AI enthusiasts: they foresee a technology that can achieve their long-time dream of cutting workers out of the loop (and the balance sheet).”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“It’s obvious why so many capitalists are AI enthusiasts: they foresee a technology that can achieve their long-time dream of cutting workers out of the loop (and the balance sheet).”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Typical: white man at an AI conference trying to convince the small group of women and people of color that AI bias isn't that big of a deal, coz all isms are overrated anyway.
July 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Typical: white man at an AI conference trying to convince the small group of women and people of color that AI bias isn't that big of a deal, coz all isms are overrated anyway.
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Water - Privatised, worst ever
Trains - Privatised, worst ever
Energy - Privatised, worst ever
Mail - Privatised, worst ever
Oil & Gas - Privatised, worst ever
Air Traffic Control - Privatised, worst ever
NHS - Being Privatised, worst ever
Trains - Privatised, worst ever
Energy - Privatised, worst ever
Mail - Privatised, worst ever
Oil & Gas - Privatised, worst ever
Air Traffic Control - Privatised, worst ever
NHS - Being Privatised, worst ever
July 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Water - Privatised, worst ever
Trains - Privatised, worst ever
Energy - Privatised, worst ever
Mail - Privatised, worst ever
Oil & Gas - Privatised, worst ever
Air Traffic Control - Privatised, worst ever
NHS - Being Privatised, worst ever
Trains - Privatised, worst ever
Energy - Privatised, worst ever
Mail - Privatised, worst ever
Oil & Gas - Privatised, worst ever
Air Traffic Control - Privatised, worst ever
NHS - Being Privatised, worst ever
Hugely worrying for teachers.
Today we launched the National Academy for AI Instruction with UFT, Microsoft, OpenAI & Anthropic to offer free, high-quality AI training to educators. Some of you have expressed legitimate reservations about AI and tech companies. I want to speak to you directly. 🧵
July 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hugely worrying for teachers.
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If the Green Party had the same coverage as Reform it would be them winning in a landslide.
But of course the Green Party would actually tax the billionaires, so they won't platform them.
But of course the Green Party would actually tax the billionaires, so they won't platform them.
May 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If the Green Party had the same coverage as Reform it would be them winning in a landslide.
But of course the Green Party would actually tax the billionaires, so they won't platform them.
But of course the Green Party would actually tax the billionaires, so they won't platform them.
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Why does Starmer's Labour Party seem determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
Because it hates the left more than it fears the far right.
As a result it won't do the "left" things so many of its potential supporters are crying out for.
Because it hates the left more than it fears the far right.
As a result it won't do the "left" things so many of its potential supporters are crying out for.
May 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Why does Starmer's Labour Party seem determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
Because it hates the left more than it fears the far right.
As a result it won't do the "left" things so many of its potential supporters are crying out for.
Because it hates the left more than it fears the far right.
As a result it won't do the "left" things so many of its potential supporters are crying out for.
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He’s just a really nasty piece of work. Completely odious man.
Nigel Farage, "I would advise anybody who is working for Durham County Council on Climate Change initiatives, or Diversity Equity and Inclusion"
"I think you all better really be seeking alternative careers, very very quick"
"I think you all better really be seeking alternative careers, very very quick"
May 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
He’s just a really nasty piece of work. Completely odious man.
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You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.
May 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.
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"The Labour party’s current course is creating the conditions for the Faragists to thrive and drag politics even further rightwards."
Keir Starmer's former adviser Simon Fletcher on where Labour is going wrong
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/02/l...
Keir Starmer's former adviser Simon Fletcher on where Labour is going wrong
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/02/l...
Local Elections: 'Keir Starmer's Rightward Shift Is Laying the Ground for Nigel Farage'
Labour's embrace of economic and political orthodoxy is forcing voters to look elsewhere for change, argues Keir Starmer's former adviser Simon Fletcher
bylinetimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"The Labour party’s current course is creating the conditions for the Faragists to thrive and drag politics even further rightwards."
Keir Starmer's former adviser Simon Fletcher on where Labour is going wrong
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/02/l...
Keir Starmer's former adviser Simon Fletcher on where Labour is going wrong
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/02/l...
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This paper really does put the boot into all those "educational genomics" studies and books from the last 15 years
"there are serious flaws in any program of predicting or controlling outcomes in education based on genomic variations"
"there are serious flaws in any program of predicting or controlling outcomes in education based on genomic variations"
Useful article by Govindaraju & Goldstein (2025), who critique standard models of genetic causation: "the application of molecular indices to predict educational and financial success of children is untenable, and should be avoided." 🧪 #ehbea
evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The elusive associations of nucleotides with human success: evolutionary genetics in education and social policies - Evolution: Education and Outreach
Introducing the fundamental principles of evolution and genetics in the pedagogy of biology and curricula should emphasize an understanding of the basic evolutionary genetic mechanisms. These mechanis...
evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This paper really does put the boot into all those "educational genomics" studies and books from the last 15 years
"there are serious flaws in any program of predicting or controlling outcomes in education based on genomic variations"
"there are serious flaws in any program of predicting or controlling outcomes in education based on genomic variations"
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where to start without all the words coming together and forming a piercing, incoherent, screaming sound...
April 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
where to start without all the words coming together and forming a piercing, incoherent, screaming sound...
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The way "AI" systems are presented as "social companions to fight loneliness" is very similar in how "AI" is supposed to help teaching: Both are founded in a massive misunderstanding of the social dynamics techies try to replace.
March 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The way "AI" systems are presented as "social companions to fight loneliness" is very similar in how "AI" is supposed to help teaching: Both are founded in a massive misunderstanding of the social dynamics techies try to replace.
Bridget Phillipson eyes AI’s potential to free up teachers’ time. Spoiler alert. It doesn’t. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Bridget Phillipson eyes AI’s potential to free up teachers’ time
Exclusive: education secretary exploring tools to compile student reports and assess writing and vocational skills
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Bridget Phillipson eyes AI’s potential to free up teachers’ time. Spoiler alert. It doesn’t. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...