Students are changing career plans because of AI. Most of the anxiety is ahead of the evidence.
A third of UK students and young professionals are reconsidering their career paths in response to AI disruption. Jisc says uncertainty and misinformation are driving unnecessary anxiety. The research on what AI will actually do to entry-level jobs tells a more complicated story.
By Wistl Newsroom · · Labs
Research by Prospects and the Institute of Student Employers, reported in People Management last month , found that 34 per cent of students and junior professionals were considering changing their career plans in response to AI disruption, with 13 per cent having already changed them entirely, up from 10 per cent the previous year. The subjects most frequently identified as at risk included coding, graphic design, legal work, data science and creative roles. The pattern is not random: these are areas where AI tools have demonstrably changed what entry-level practitioners do, and students are r