AI for All, the public programme from the Institute of AI, supports sixth forms and colleges at no cost. It helps 16 to 18 year olds build real AI skills, use AI honestly in their coursework, and connect what they learn to university, apprenticeships, and a first recognised credential.
AI for All brings AI literacy to schools, colleges, and young people through events, pro bono support, and open resources. A sixth form or college is never charged for any of it.
A pathway, not a pile of tips. Honest study skills lead to practical AI skills, and those lead to real next steps. Follow the bridge from now to next.
Start where students already are: coursework, revision, and dense reading. AI for All shows 16 to 18 year olds how to use AI to understand a topic faster, never to hand in work that is not their own.
Move from using AI to understanding it. Free lessons and resources build the vocabulary and judgement that universities and employers are starting to expect from school leavers.
Skills only matter if they lead somewhere. What a student learns now points at stronger applications, apprenticeships, and a first credential they can actually show.
AI can make a student sharper or it can do their thinking for them. The difference is the whole point, and knowing which side of the line you are on is a skill in itself.
Ask AI to explain a concept, quiz you, or pressure-test your reasoning. The words a student submits should still be theirs: thought through and written by them.
If AI helped, say so, in the way the teacher or exam board asks. Disclosure protects a student's marks and their reputation far more than hiding it ever could.
Exam boards and colleges have policies on AI in assessed work. Learn them, follow them, and ask when it is not clear. Academic integrity is a habit worth building at this age.
No policy to write from scratch and no budget to find. The programme gives tutors ready-made ways to teach AI well and keep assessed work honest.
Use AI examples in essays, projects, and practicals across the curriculum. Nothing to install, nothing to buy, and resources written for a mixed-ability room.
Give students a clear line between learning with AI and passing off its output. The resources model disclosure and align with how exam boards think about integrity.
Connect what students learn to applications, apprenticeships, and a first recognised credential, so AI skills read as a route rather than a novelty.
Explore the AI for All programme for young people, or start with the free lessons on Learn AI. Both are open to every sixth form and college in the UK, at no cost.
The Institute of AI's programme for young people and students: events, resources, and a way in.
Practical AI skills and a first recognised credential for students across the UK.
Where AI skills lead: the roles, the pathways, and how to get there from school.
