Blog — AskEd

I spent several years working on sustainability in international education before co-founding AskEd. So, when institutions ask me about the environmental impact of AI, I do take the question seriously. The concern is understandable.

John Crick 03/06/2026 John Crick 03/06/2026

The AI and sustainability question universities are asking wrong

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There is no shortage of interest in AI across higher education. Strategy documents reference it, conferences discuss it and senior leaders talk about transformation. What is harder to find is evidence of it working at the point where

John Crick 28/05/2019 John Crick 28/05/2019

Universities have the ambition for AI, but they’re struggling

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Guess what’s back? Voice is back and this time it's not going away. Think about the last time someone said to you: 'I was just chatting to so-and-so.' Did you picture two people talking? Or did you picture someone hunched over a pho

Stefan Parker 28/05/2019 Stefan Parker 28/05/2019

Since when did 'chat' mean sitting in silence tapping your thumbs?

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English has dominated global higher education for decades, but the competitive landscape is shifting. Universities that have not noticed are already losing prospective students before those students even make contact. In The Hitchhik

John Crick 28/05/2019 John Crick 28/05/2019

What Douglas Adams got right about international student recruitment

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