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Jo Irving-Walton
Jo Irving-Walton is a Principal Lecturer in Learning and Teaching at Teesside University. With experience across schools, further education and higher education, her work focuses on professional learning and educational practice.
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The tensions of AI shouldn’t come as a surprise in a system wired for speed and output
For Jo Irving-Walton, generative AI use is just one angle in a wider dopamine problem in higher education
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Regulation builds walls between different levels of education, but universities can build bridges
Across early years, FE, HE and the workplace, teaching is a continuous professional act – but the English system treats each phase as distinct. Jo Irving-Walton calls for cross-sector endeavour