Written response to the Education Committee: The Use of Artificial Intelligence and EdTech in Education
Written response to the Education Committee: The Use of Artificial Intelligence and EdTech in Education
This written evidence is submitted on behalf of a multidisciplinary University of Southampton team, whose findings draw on the Talking Itchen outreach project, an eight-session programme in which three PhD students worked with nineteen home-schooled neurodivergent children aged seven to fifteen. Spanning the disciplines of AI, electronics, and law, the project centred on river conservation activities in Southampton and gave the University team direct, hands-on experience of the practical realities of working with neurodivergent children, as well as the considerable challenges parents face in delivering a high-quality home education. The evidence addresses four key questions concerning AI and EdTech in home education, with particular focus on neurodivergent learners, examining both the regulatory landscape and the practical ways in which artificial intelligence can be harnessed to support them.
University of Southampton
Spilnyk, Angelina
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Sontea, Andrei
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Buermann, Jan
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Tham, Chun Kee
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Osman, Yaseen M.
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2026
Spilnyk, Angelina
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Sontea, Andrei
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Buermann, Jan
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Tham, Chun Kee
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Spilnyk, Angelina, Sontea, Andrei, Buermann, Jan, Tham, Chun Kee and Osman, Yaseen M.
(2026)
Written response to the Education Committee: The Use of Artificial Intelligence and EdTech in Education
Southampton.
University of Southampton
6pp.
(doi:10.5258/SOTON/PP0181).
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This written evidence is submitted on behalf of a multidisciplinary University of Southampton team, whose findings draw on the Talking Itchen outreach project, an eight-session programme in which three PhD students worked with nineteen home-schooled neurodivergent children aged seven to fifteen. Spanning the disciplines of AI, electronics, and law, the project centred on river conservation activities in Southampton and gave the University team direct, hands-on experience of the practical realities of working with neurodivergent children, as well as the considerable challenges parents face in delivering a high-quality home education. The evidence addresses four key questions concerning AI and EdTech in home education, with particular focus on neurodivergent learners, examining both the regulatory landscape and the practical ways in which artificial intelligence can be harnessed to support them.
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