The HP-UCL IOE Fellowship in AI in Education – global executive leadership programme for senior education leaders (Funded)

Application Deadline: 7 November 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the HP-UCL IOE Fellowship in AI in Education. A global executive leadership programme for senior education leaders; constructing data, governance and strategic leadership to drive accountable AI transformation in education techniques. Fellows interact with global specialists in AI in Education apply and coverage, utilized case research, and peer studying to design accountable AI methods and practices for education techniques.

The HP-UCL IOE Fellowship in AI in Education equips senior policymakers and organisational leaders to steer AI transformation responsibly. Bringing collectively experience in AI, studying sciences, coverage, ethics, and human-pc interplay, the programme helps members in shifting past the hype surrounding AI and explores AI’s affect on education and public establishments.

Through engagement with global friends, researchers, and trade specialists, fellows handle actual-world challenges and develop studying-centred methods that strengthen inclusion, institutional capability, and efficient AI adoption.

Requirements

The Fellowship is designed for leaders from across the globe as a extremely interactive leadership journey combining professional-led studying, collaborative dialogue, utilized actions, and strategic reflection. Fellows interact with worldwide coverage frameworks, case research, and rising proof whereas taking part in workshops, peer dialogue, and leadership clinics. It is ideally suited for senior education policymakers, system leaders and organisational leaders working throughout education, authorities and the general public sector.

Geographies: Europe, Asia and Africa.

The Fellowship is especially appropriate for:

• Senior education policymakers in ministries, authorities departments and nationwide businesses.
• Regulators and inspectorate leaders accountable for education high quality, evaluation or information.
• C-Suite executives and senior leaders at worldwide edtech corporations.
• Senior officers at worldwide organisations engaged on education and AI coverage
• Regional and native education leaders, together with Directors of Education and Children’s Services.
• Leaders of faculty techniques, particularly multi-academy belief and faculty group CEOs and Directors.
• Leaders of education non-income, foundations {and professional} our bodies, together with trainer and faculty-chief unions.

Benefits

The programme covers lodging and catering in the course of the programme hours. Travel prices for the residential and night meals while in London are the accountability of learners.

• Fully funded: all programme prices are lined on acceptance (excluding airfares and visas).
• Reputation: the world’s main establishment for education: UCL Institute of Education has ranked primary in the world for Education in the QS World University Rankings for 13 consecutive years.
• Expert tutorial group: be taught with teachers whose work informs AI in global education coverage with UNESCO, the OECD, the Council of Europe and the European Commission.
• Real affect: a 9-month mentored capstone undertaking on a reside coverage or implementation problem out of your work and organisation.
• Application: curriculum covers ethics, governance, procurement, proof and scaling, so leaders can interrogate vendor claims and information efficient AI coverage.
• Network: join with a choose cohort of worldwide senior leaders and turn into a member of a global community of fellows.

Benefits to your organisation

• An utilized output designed for use inside your organisation: the 9-month capstone allows fellows to sort out a reside problem in your organisation equivalent to an AI technique, a procurement framework, or a coverage design.
• Stronger procurement: Fellows develop a stronger functionality to evaluate vendor claims and procurement decisions, serving to you negotiate higher contracts and perceive affect earlier than scaling a pilot.
• AI Governance you possibly can defend: Fellows practise auditing AI techniques in opposition to equity, transparency and accountability frameworks, so you possibly can clarify your choices to regulators, workers, mother and father or press.
• Better-informed choices earlier than committing assets to scaling: Fellows learn to assess AI affect claims and whether or not outcomes switch to your context earlier than you commit finances to scaling a pilot.
• AI leadership for efficient change: AI choices require complicated multi-stakeholder change. Fellows develop the language and frameworks to advise on efficient implementation.
• Access to global coverage pondering: Faculty whose work informs AI coverage at UNESCO, the OECD, the Council of Europe and the European Commission, plus a peer cohort of leaders dealing with the identical choices.

How to apply

This is a selective 12-month hybrid programme. It begins with three months of reside on-line workshops, which run alongside and are supported by unbiased study and training. This is adopted by 9 months of mentoring and a capstone undertaking centered on their very own work context, guided by a facilitator, with two observe-up calls with every fellow. The programme additionally features a one-week residential in London.

• Participants will likely be required to totally decide to all elements of the programme.
• The programme covers all prices upon acceptance, excluding airfares and visa bills.
• Programme alumni will have the ability to be part of a global community of fellows.

Application Timeline

• Application deadline: 7 November 2026
• Notification of outcomes: 16 November 2026
• Programme begin date: 11 January 2027
• UCL Easter closure: 25 to 30 March 2027
• Residential week in London: Week beginning on 5 April 2027

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the HP-UCL IOE Fellowship in AI in Education