Wits AHEAD Research Group

Research Group for Advancing Human Capabilities through Education, Analytics and Development. Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand.

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Ucwaningo lwemisebenzi engu-29,970 yabafundi ekhodini luveza ukuthi ukufana ne-AI akufakazeli ukuthi umfundi uyedwa ukhohlisile, kuveza kuphela ushintsho kwikilasi lonke: https://t.co/9DvcrLPKQD

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29,970 student code submissions (2021-2025) show AI-style answers rising, even in work that passed every test. Researchers say a match proves a class trend, not that one student cheated: https://t.co/9B03JmWieK #HigherEducation

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49,329 次每周预测:金山大学和约翰内斯堡大学的研究显示,学生预警系统的检验方式常常不公平,用的是事后才有的信息。对全球南方的学生成功而言,诚实的检验至关重要。https://t.co/iEpJXYREcc

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49,329 weekly checks: Wits and UJ researchers show early-warning systems for struggling students are often tested unfairly, in hindsight. Honest testing matters for student success across the Global South. https://t.co/9B03JmVKpc #HigherEducation

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87% dos estudantes de informática em dificuldade identificados corretamente até à quinta semana, segundo novo estudo numa universidade da África subsariana. Ferramentas simples como esta podem transformar o apoio aos estudantes no Sul Global. https://t.co/0B1ovhCLIm

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87% of struggling first-year computer science students correctly flagged by week five, a new study of a sub-Saharan African university finds. Simple, low-data tools like this could transform student support across the Global South. https://t.co/9B03JmWieK #HigherEducation

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Más de 4.000 nuevas plazas de IA y semiconductores en universidades de Corea desde 2024, con solicitudes al alza un 16%. La educación superior elige entre ampliar capacidad en IA o rediseñar la evaluación. https://t.co/EytXX4R0HZ

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4,000+ new AI and semiconductor places at Korean universities since 2024, with applications up 16%. Higher education everywhere is choosing between building AI capacity and redesigning assessment. https://t.co/9B03JmVKpc #HigherEducation

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64 % du personnel d'une université privée au Ghana a une politique d'IA claire, contre seulement 27 % dans une université publique. Une étude de WISE menée dans sept pays. https://t.co/lshyNuvDBZ

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64% of staff at a private Ghana university have a clear AI policy, against just 27% at a public one. A seven-country WISE study finds AI readiness split by institution, not just by country. https://t.co/9B03JmWieK #AIinEducation

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Ucwaningo luthola ukuthi i-AI ibona iziphosiso zokuqonda kwabafundi emaphesentini angu-5 kuya ku-7 kuphela, kodwa othisha abangabantu babona u-15 kuya ku-31. Kwimfundo ephakeme, lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi ukuhlola ngomshini akungeniseli ukwahlulela kothisha. https://t.co/9DvcrLPd15

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AI feedback in universities caught just 5 to 7% of student misconceptions, versus 15 to 31% for human teachers, a new study finds. Accurate scores are not the same as useful feedback. https://t.co/9B03JmVKpc #AIinEducation

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1300名研究人员齐聚非洲自己的人工智能暑期学校。Wits的科学家表示，非洲大陆必须设定自己的人工智能研究议程，而不仅仅是使用别人的工具。https://t.co/iEpJXYREcc

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1,300 researchers gathered at Africa's own AI summer school last year. Wits scientists say the continent must set its own AI research agenda, not just use others' tools. https://t.co/9B03JmVKpc #WitsAHEAD

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87%: as universidades da América Latina e das Caraíbas já usam IA, segundo um estudo da UNESCO com 200 instituições, mas apenas 26% têm uma estratégia formal. A governação está a ficar atrás da adoção. https://t.co/0B1ovhCdSO

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87%: Latin American and Caribbean universities now use AI, a UNESCO study of 200 institutions finds, but only 26% have a formal strategy. Higher education's governance is lagging its adoption. https://t.co/9B03JmVKpc #HigherEducation

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70,6%: así de a menudo acertó una tarea difícil el personal consultor que usó IA, frente al 84,5% sin ayuda, revela un estudio de 2026 de Boston Consulting Group. La educación superior debe enseñar juicio profesional, no solo IA. https://t.co/EytXX4R0HZ

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70.6%: consultants using AI got a hard task right less often than working alone, a 2026 field study of 758 BCG consultants finds. Higher education must teach judgement before graduates start work. https://t.co/9B03JmVKpc #HigherEducation

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Intsha yase-Afrika eyizigidi ezingu-30 emsebenzini onesithunzi ngo-2030: e-Accra, i-Mastercard Foundation ithe amanyuvesi ase-Afrika kufanele abe yizinjini zokuchuma. Njengoba i-AI ishintsha umsebenzi, amakhono abaphothule iziqu abaluleke kakhulu.
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30 million young Africans into dignified work by 2030: in Accra, the Mastercard Foundation told university leaders that African universities are talent infrastructure.
As AI reshapes work, what graduates can do matters more than degrees.
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