2026 Exams Rules & Options. Separating Fact from Fiction for GCSE and A-Level We constantly hear about rumours that will open the floodgates to Generative AI in GCSE and A-Level Art. The hope, for many, is that the current, rigid authentication processes might finally catch up with the digital reality of the 21st-century creative studio. […]
The hardest part of curriculum design in the art department is often the “blank page” stage—trying to weave contemporary themes, art history, and skill-building into a cohesive scheme of work. AI is no longer just a trend; it is a powerful collaborative partner that can help you move from initial inspiration to a fully structured,
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The University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. It is ranked second in the world for Art and Design and is formed of 6 Colleges based in London: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London
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Keeping up with AI? The problem with AI that what is news on Monday is history by Thursday lunchtime. The best way to find out the current state of AI programmes is to ask AI – regularly. We haven’t done this for a while so we asked Gemini for a review of the five AI
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Crystal Balls There is a tension between the government’s aspirations for the country to take a leading role in the evolution of AI and the traditional inertia of education in the face of change and new ideas. Currently the defensive desire to protect students ‘from’ AI takes precedence over the inevitable need to
Adobe and OpenAI have just taken a big step in making professional creative tools more accessible to a wider audience. In late 2025, Adobe announced that Adobe Photoshop — along with Adobe Express and Acrobat — is now integrated directly into ChatGPT, meaning users can edit images, create graphics, and perform design tasks simply by
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Note: We have reworked the pages about ‘Drawing Like an Artist‘. This was developed to was to see if AI + artists’ quotes could help teachers generate an ongoing programme of short drawing workshops scattered, or woven, through the normal curriculum. These could develop students’ understanding and use of drawing as parallel and independent creative
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This website explores ideas about AI that have evolved through research and experimentation since 2022. It provides evidence that teachers could use AI to model curriculum and programmes of study options that take account of their specific school’s, teachers’ and students’ context. The ideas in this website are founded on the principle of art teachers’
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This website explores opportunities AI offers art teachers to make their professional work easier. The core principles that emerged in the course of the research into AI were:
In the past year or so we have been exploring what ‘design’ means in the context of the art and design curriculum. Some of this can be found in the pages here about acting as designers. The link below takes you to a month long programme of short films about design from all over the
