Iliada Eleftheriou (School of Health Sciences) for ‘Educational leadership’ and ‘the Student voice’

Iliada’s award recognises her educational leadership and sensitivity to the student voice through her timely and impactful work on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) generative tools. When the new run of the UCIL unit ‘AI: Robot Overlord, Replacement or Colleague?’ (UCIL20122) commenced in January 2023, it became apparent that there were no existing guidelines on the use of AI tools (like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard) in education and assessment processes. Iliada recognised the need to equip the new generation with the critical and digital skills that the new era requires and took the initiative to co-design an AI Code of Conduct, providing a set of ground rules to safeguard and enable students to use and explore AI generative tools in a positive, safe, and creative manner. Iliada invited 65 students from different year groups who represented disciplines across all three faculties to first evaluate and reshape the set of rules to include their views in the AI Code of Conduct and then actively participate in co-creating an ethical framework that would be incorporated in the Code of Conduct. Students’ awareness of the limitations of AI generative tools has fostered a critical approach to their use which, in conjunction with the code of conduct, encourages transparency, adherence to guidance on plagiarism, and awareness of proper research and referencing. The AI Code of Conduct is being well-received not just across the institution but also at national and international conferences.