As a result of the research collaboration between the University of Edinburgh, the SQA and young people, the Data Education in Schools team and colleagues announce the publication of the paper "Secondary Students as Co-Researchers on Generative AI in Learning: Empowering Youth to Shape National Education Policy".
The research team recruited eight young people (aged 16–18) from three Scottish high schools to serve as Young People Co-Researchers (YPCR) to explore their perspectives on GenAI at school, views on appropriate and inappropriate tasks for AI, and opinions on teachers’ use of AI and school policies. The YPCR organised and conducted semi-structured focus groups with 50 peers and collaboratively analysed the findings with adult researchers.
Read the pre-print version of the paper here: OSF | preprint_official.pdf.
The paper will also be presented at the 2025 UKICER Conference, which will take place at the University of Edinburgh on the 4th and 5th September 2025: UKICER 2025.