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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale Education correspondent

UK universities warned to ‘stress-test’ assessments as 92% of students use AI

ChatGPT logo on a mobile phone smartphone screen, placed on a keyboard. With different coloured pens beside the keyboard
The report’s author said such dramatic changes in behaviour in just 12 months were almost unheard of. Photograph: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

British universities have been warned to “stress-test” all assessments after new research revealed “almost all” undergraduates are using generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in their studies.

A survey of 1,000 students – both domestic and international – found there had been an “explosive increase” in the use of genAI in the past 12 months. Almost nine out of 10 (88%) in the 2025 poll said they used tools such as ChatGPT for their assessments, up from 53% last year.

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