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31 Mar 2025

Podcast: What will the 'AI revolution' mean for FE and skills? With Richard Foster-Fletcher

In the latest episode of The Mark podcast, Will sits down with Richard Foster-Fletcher, global AI advisor, founder of MKAI.org, and ever-present commentator on the implications of AI in FE.

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Welcome to the latest episode of The Mark by Bridgehead Education, our monthly newsletter - now in podcast form - in which we tackle the latest news and policy discussion in the further education and skills sector.

In it, our editor, William Walter, sits down with Richard Foster-Fletcher, global AI advisor and founder of MKAI.org (Morality and Knowledge in Artificial Intelligence).

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In our conversation, we:

  • Look first to the wider AI landscape: where it is, and where it's heading.

  • Explore why and how the FE and skills sector might look to capitalise on AI's capabilities and indeed, where it might face obstacles in its implementation.

  • Consider what AI could mean for the FE workforce, its students and its wider administration.

  • Pick his brains as to whether AI is really an augmentor or an automator.

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