Staff highlight equity concerns about student access to and proficiency with GenAI tools and digital literacy, and are uncertain about staff responsibilities in training students.¶
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q2 i? Staff raised equity concerns related to student access and proficiency in GenAI tools and digital literacy. → Enright 2026
q2 i? Staff reported uncertainty about their responsibilities in training students to use GenAI. → Enright 2026
Evidence¶
Enright 2026¶
Enright, H., Horvath, D., Petrovic, K., & Šarkić, B. (2026). “AI Should Help them Learn, Not Learn for Them”: University Staff Perspectives on the Role of Generative AI in Education. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. https://doi.org/10.53761/d5n2yh02
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The 2023 staff survey at the Australian university found "equity concerns related to student access and proficiency in GenAI tools and digital literacy" and accompanying "uncertainty about staff responsibilities in training students." No quantitative statistics are printed for this finding.
"Staff highlighted equity concerns related to student access and proficiency in GenAI tools and digital literacy, with uncertainty about staff responsibilities in training students."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Academic integrity, professional development, and equity concerns about AI span all surveyed units, though interpreted differently — a broader claim this one bears on
- Staff raised equity concerns that students who pay for upgraded GenAI tools gain an advantage over peers using free versions — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Teachers report concerns about infrastructure, reliability, age appropriateness, teacher competence, and student over-reliance on AI — related
- Nursing students and faculty report concerns that AI use may weaken critical thinking, enable plagiarism and misinformation, and create unequal access — related
- Student-facing AI raises serious wellbeing, equity, and safety concerns, and some educators express more confidence in teacher-facing tools — related
- Over one-third of PGR participants emphasised financial support for paid AI tools as necessary institutional support for responsible GenAI use — related
- GenAI-mediated digital inequality in higher education extends beyond access to tool capability, skills, and pedagogical support — a broader claim this one bears on
- Teachers are more concerned about students' use of GenAI than about their own use — related
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Staff highlight equity concerns about student access to and proficiency with GenAI tools and digital literacy, and are uncertain about staff responsibilities in training students. |
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Staff highlight equity concerns about student access to and proficiency with GenAI tools and digital literacy, and are uncertain about staff responsibilities in training students. |
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