AI & ML · Other
Hosted by Digital Futures
When
Monday 23 November 2026
10:30am – 4:00pm
Where
Citylabs 1.0
Citylabs 1.0, Nelson Street, Manchester M13 9NQ
Price
free
A day-long seminar on what AI is actually doing to universities: teaching, assessment, research and the admin machinery behind them.
Two keynotes open it: Dr Mark Carrigan, Associate Dean for Digital Education at the University of Manchester, and Prof Kate Borthwick, Professor of Digital Education at Southampton. Then a panel chaired by Prof Nick Crossley, with Prof Keeley Crockett (Manchester Met), Prof Sunil Vadera (Salford) and Dr Sarah Clinch (University of Manchester), on how adoption is really going across the city's three big universities.
Runs 10:30 to 16:00 at Citylabs 1.0 on Nelson Street, hosted by Digital Futures, the University of Manchester's digital research network. Register on Eventbrite.
all three Manchester universities comparing notes in one room, computer scientists alongside education leads. Best for edtech founders and anyone selling AI into higher education who wants to hear what buyers are wrestling with.
Dr Mark Carrigan · Associate Dean for Digital Education, Faculty of Humanities, University of Manchester
Prof Kate Borthwick · Professor of Digital Education, University of Southampton
Prof Nick Crossley · Director of Digital Trust and Society (panel chair), University of Manchester
Prof Keeley Crockett · Professor in Computational Intelligence, Manchester Metropolitan University
Prof Sunil Vadera · Professor of Computer Science, University of Salford
Dr Sarah Clinch · Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, University of Manchester
Citylabs 1.0, Citylabs 1.0, Nelson Street, Manchester M13 9NQ
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Monday 23 November 2026
10:30am – 4:00pm
Price
Free
Organiser
Digital Futures
Dr Mark Carrigan
Associate Dean for Digital Education, Faculty of Humanities, University of Manchester
Prof Kate Borthwick
Professor of Digital Education, University of Southampton
Prof Nick Crossley
Director of Digital Trust and Society (panel chair), University of Manchester
Prof Keeley Crockett
Professor in Computational Intelligence, Manchester Metropolitan University
Prof Sunil Vadera
Professor of Computer Science, University of Salford
Dr Sarah Clinch
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, University of Manchester
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