Access your Kortext LIVE 2026 session recordings below — revisit key moments and catch up on anything you missed.
Kortext & Microsoft working together to innovate in higher education
James Gray & Jen Wyatt
See how institutions like yours can enrich student experiences with more personalised, accessible learning, reinventing student engagement through intelligent, connected digital tools to bend the curve on innovation.
Keynote session – Kortext LIVE 2026
Professor Amanda Broderick
UEL has delivered the most ambitious transformation in UK higher education, setting a benchmark and blueprint for how modern universities can lead national renewal, improve social equity and build a future-ready society
Leveraging data for strategic impact
Helen Blaikie, Deepa Shinde & Andrew Bates
Discover how Aston University has leveraged cross-institutional data to enable smarter, evidence-driven decision-making in partnership with Kortext and Microsoft.
Empowering educators to drive quality
Professor Osama Khan, Dr Miri Firth, Professor Janice Kay CBE & Raghav Sandhu
Looking at the issues faced by academics in practice and how Al-powered tools can alleviate workload, streamline workflows, enhance pedagogic practice and ensure alignment with institutional and regulatory expectations.
Driving learning innovation with AI
Nick Hillman, Toby Vaughn Kidd & Kevin Boulay
How can institutions enable responsible Al use and ensure learners are prepared for Al-integrated workplaces? This session explores how Kortext study+ delivers interactive learning experiences using generative Al – safely.
Introducing the latest Wonkhe research project
Debbie McVitty, Professor Janice Kay, Professor Sam Grogan & Dr Rachel Maxwell
With a national agenda on quality enhancement and an increasingly AI savvy student body, this session unveils new Wonkhe research on integrated quality followed by a panel of academic leaders discussing how we can support educators to reduce administrative burden, enhance pedagogy and evidence quality through student success.
Turning data into actionable insights
Professor Mark Simpson and Dr Rachel Maxwell
This session explores how Teesside University – THE Awards University of the Year 2025 – has turned raw data into actionable insights to personalise support, identify risks earlier and enhance student outcomes at scale, resulting in a TEF triple gold.
Building the Al Assistant with Saïd Business School
Mark Bramwell and James Gray
Find out how Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, is piloting an Al-powered chat agent integrated into Canvas. This will cover lessons learned from design to adoption and the future of Al-driven student support.

