IDEAs Rewired #4: Can students use GenAI?

IDEAs Rewired #4: Can students use GenAI?

From Imperial Business Podcast by Imperial Business School

October 23, 2025 · 30 min · Episode 258

About this episode

The episode discusses the understanding and guidance of AI usage among students in UK universities.

By now, most universities across the UK have implemented guidance on AI usage. But do students actually know what it says? This week, Jay DesLauriers, a Teaching Fellow and an AI Futurist in Education at Imperial, and Heather Mack, Director of Strategy and Operations at the IDEA Lab, join Lok Yee Liu to dissect current and future guidance around AI in higher education. Plus, Jay and Heather use Imperial Business School’s traffic light system to challenge students’ perceptions of when they can and can’t use generative AI. Follow the IDEA Lab at Imperial Business School on LinkedIn for further insights into innovative educational technologies and experiences. You can also check out the IDEA Lab website. Episode links: For staff and students at Imperial, the university’s AI Principles, Generative AI guidance and Generative AI and Study Guidance Hub. JISC’s Student perceptions of AI 2025 HEPI’s Student Generative AI Survey 2025 The Digital Education Council’s The Next Era of Assessment: A Global Review of AI in Assessment Design

People in this episode

Host: Lok Yee Liu

Guests: Jay DesLauriers, Heather Mack

Topics covered

  • AI usage in education
  • Generative AI
  • Student perceptions
  • Higher education guidance
  • Innovative educational technologies

Keywords

  • Generative AI
  • AI guidance
  • higher education
  • student perceptions
  • educational technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Imperial Business School, IDEA Lab, JISC, HEPI, Digital Education Council

Places: UK

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