AI use among UK teachers doubles, but working hours still don't come down

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Around 80 percent of UK teachers now regularly use AI in their work, although the minority say it has cut their hours.

Research from YouGov shows that AI use among teachers has doubled in the past year. Among those who use it, just over half (51 percent) said it had reduced their workload, but only around a third (35 percent) said they were working fewer hours as a result, according to the poll of 1,033 teachers by YouGov.

Although some time was saved with AI, that was more than made up for with demand to complete other tasks, resulting in 55 percent of teachers who say they use AI working the same hours as before, and 4 percent saying they work more.

In April, the UK government launched a £23 million trial program for AIand educational...

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