{"slug": "ai-has-made-it-close-to-impossible-to-assess-university-coursework-regulator", "title": "AI has made it ‘close to impossible’ to assess university coursework, regulator says", "summary": "England's higher education regulator, the Office for Students, has concluded that universities should return to traditional exams and in-person presentations after lecturers said AI has made it \"close to impossible\" to assess coursework. The OfS investigation found the credibility of degrees from England's universities is under threat from prolific AI use in essays, dissertations and \"open book\" exams, with students reporting that peers boasted of using AI undetected by staff.", "body_md": "# AI has made it ‘close to impossible’ to assess university coursework, regulator says\n\nBy Richard Adams Education editorSource: \n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)\nOffice for Students says institutions in England should return to traditional exams and in-person presentations\n\nUniversities should go back to traditional exams and in-person presentations to grade students after lecturers complained that AI has made it “close to impossible” to assess coursework, according to an investigation by England’s higher education regulator.\n\nThe Office for Students (OfS) said the credibility of degrees from England’s universities was under threat from the prolific use of AI in essays, dissertations and “open book” exams, with students reporting that their peers boasted of using AI undetected by staff.\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/nov/11/ai-close-to-impossible-assess-university-coursework-regulator)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-has-made-it-close-to-impossible-to-assess-university-coursework-regulator", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/ai-has-made-it-close-to-impossible-to-assess-university-cour-bflz", "published_at": "2026-11-11 07:00:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-11 08:21:09.528372+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Office for Students", "England", "The Guardian", "Richard Adams"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-has-made-it-close-to-impossible-to-assess-university-coursework-regulator", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-has-made-it-close-to-impossible-to-assess-university-coursework-regulator.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-has-made-it-close-to-impossible-to-assess-university-coursework-regulator.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-has-made-it-close-to-impossible-to-assess-university-coursework-regulator.jsonld"}}