Generative AI is changing how students learn and how that learning can be demonstrated. For providers, the key question is not only whether AI is used, but whether assessment still provides valid evidence that students have met the academic standards of their award.

This QAA project works with the sector to answer that question. Guided by a Sector Advisory Group of expert academic and student representatives from across the UK, it is developing:

• sector-owned principles for assuring academic standards in an AI-enabled environment, developed by the sector, for the sector, in partnership with students
• shared definitions of key assessment terms, including assessment validity
• recommendations for further action and implementation approaches

The project draws on extensive sector research and work with partners across the UK’s four nations and internationally, so its outputs complement existing regulatory and sector guidance.