There can be no doubt that AI will have a major impact on education, both for students and educators - ChatGPT is just the beginning. This is our company position on ChatGPT, our advice for educational institutions including a focus on ethical principles and best practices, and a discussion of how digital assessment can help.

UNIwise is excited to be holding a hands-on Machine Learning workshop on 28 February for students in the Aarhus area.

With a ‘new normal’ being established post-pandemic, Professor Mariann Rand-Weaver, Vice-Provost Education, and Robyn Fitzharris, Executive Officer to the Vice-Provost, Brunel University London, reflect on the adaptability of digital assessment, and how exams data was used to monitor equality and inform the response to student welfare issues.

UNIwise has add a new partner in our continuous ambition to improve security for WISEflow and our customers. We have partnered with GitHub, an Internet hosting service for software development and version control, to help protect users and prevent data leaks and fraud.

In August of 2022 UNIwise celebrated its 10-year anniversary at our head office in Aarhus, Denmark. Some of our colleagues have been here since the very beginning, so we sat down with some of them and asked them about their experiences at the company over the last decade!

On 13 and 14 September, UNIwise held the second-ever WISEcon at the Science and Industry Museum, Manchester, bringing together people who are passionate about learning technology across all levels of HE and from across Europe. The event was a great success, and it was really good to be able to meet our colleagues and customers in person after so long.

Day one of WISEcon22 featured many interesting and insightful talks from a range of European speakers. We’ve rounded up the highlights here for you ahead of another busy day of all things digital.

On 15 August 2022, UNIwise celebrated its tenth birthday. From starting as a cross-university project out of Aarhus University funded by the Danish Government Foundation for Welfare Technology to operating across Europe and providing a digital assessment platform for students across the globe, we reflected on the decade that was.

UNIwise is happy to announce that Aarhus University (AU) will be doing a full rollout of WISEflow from Autumn 2023. Currently, WISEflow is being used at Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences and Faculty of Health but as of late next year, it will be used at all five faculties.

UNIwise was invited to attend the German Bundesdekanekonferenz, which took place in June of this year. The common understanding of institutions in attendance was that the pandemic has accelerated the German education sector’s move towards a digital society.

On 8 June UNIwise had the pleasure of attending a workshop, at the JISC offices in central London, that speculated on future scenarios of assessment.

Rasmus talks about why he supports the promotion of the D-Seal, how it can support the EU’s objectives, and why UNIwise wants to encourage a discussion on European standards in light of the AI Act.

UNIwise is happy to announce that Kurt Gammelgaard Nielsen will shortly step into the role of our new Director of Development and Maintenance.

The digitisation of German society, industry and education has been an ongoing discussion, with the pandemic highlighting areas for development, such as digital public services. During the crisis, funding of 100 million euros was provided for the rapid development of infrastructure and the expansion of digital education. However, there is also a wariness of digital economies.

Imperial College Business School ran a pilot project in 2016 and expanded to 70+ exams with 1600 students in 2020. What follows is an account of the WISEflow project at ICBS by Emma Stoakes, Exams and Assessment Manager & Digital Assessment Project Lead (Business School).

UNIwise is happy to announce that we have achieved the D-seal certification for IT security and data ethics. The D-seal is an internationally renowned Danish labelling program which promotes the responsible use of data.

Our Campfire Session on 2 March, titled ‘Proctoring: Panacea or Problem?’, gave some interesting insights into the use of remote invigilation services, and the issues it can cause for students and institutions alike. 

“WISEflow has a lot of features. One of them is the fact that you can view the students' progress as they are doing their examination. This makes monitoring easier than that of VLE exams.”

In 2021, more exams were conducted on WISEflow than ever before, with an increase of 54% compared to 2020. From high levels of growth across Germany to the continued rise of proctored examinations, we reflect on a challenging year that was a testament to the ongoing importance of digital assessment in the European higher education sector.

“We need to be able to deliver a broader spread of assessment types and do so more flexibly. The days of a seven-year apprenticeship culminating in a single test with a hammer and piece of metal are long gone.”