Kelly Webb-Davies | Lead Education AI Consultant
University of Oxford

Kelly is the Lead Education AI Consultant at Oxford's AI Competency Centre. Her academic background is in linguistics and she holds degrees from the University of Western Australia and the University of Melbourne. She is a DIPTesol-qualified English teacher and before joining Oxford she taught Academic English to international students at Bangor University in North Wales. Her focus is on integrating AI into higher education in ways that enhance communication, reduce bias, and expand access to knowledge. She is particularly interested in how AI can be used to address the unique challenges of groups facing linguistic barriers and neurodivergence, creating more inclusive and accessible educational environments. She advocates for a balanced approach that maintains human involvement and fosters critical thinking alongside AI implementation and her work explores innovative ways to incorporate this philosophy into pedagogical and assessment design, ensuring that AI tools complement and enrich education.