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Paul Greatrix @registrarism.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Big thanks here for these public service efforts from @mike-rat.bsky.social - engaging with the OfS AI helper so we don't have to

Mike Ratcliffe@mike-rat.bsky.social

An improvement: the AI helper now can’t find an entry for British Institute of Technology (it should search the refused registration page). So it doesn’t have evidence that it is registered (which it claimed an hour ago). Not sure what it means about these providers being ‘nearby’.

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Mike Ratcliffe @mike-rat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I wouldn’t want to deprive anyone of the chance to ask the OfS AI helper to write sonnets about data futures, before it learns that that’s not what it was supposed to do.

Screenshot (although put into word as the dialogue box on the website doesn’t handle a lot of text well).

We count the data, clean the flow, and set the line, So higher education can speak with one clear voice;
From forms and fields we shape what must align, And lessen burden while still preserving choice.
Data Futures makes the record live and whole, A shared design for timely, trusted art;
It helps providers send each set in role, And gives our regulation firmer part.
We seek one rhythm through the data stream, Less duplication, clearer use, and tairer pace;
So students interests stay the guiding theme, With accurate information in its place.
For more on the programme, see our Data Futures programme and our Data Futures: Independent review (on our publications page).

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