LEARNING RESOURCES

AI learning resources:
practical guides.

Explore clear explanations, practical workflows, funding information and training decisions related to AI and the changing workplace.

AI for builders ↗

Prompting vs RAG vs Fine-Tuning: Which One Should You Use?

When to improve the prompt, add your documents or retrain the model.

7 min read
AI for users ↗

Tokens and Context Windows Explained: Why AI Forgets and What It Costs

Why AI tools forget in long chats and how tokens drive cost.

7 min read
AI governance ↗

What Is AI Governance? A Starting Guide for Organisations

What AI governance is and how an organisation can start small.

7 min read
AI for users ↗

What Is AI Hallucination, and How Do You Reduce It?

Why AI states false things confidently and how to catch it.

7 min read
AI governance ↗

What Is AI Verify, and Who Is It For?

What AI Verify checks, how it works and who it is designed for.

7 min read
AI for users ↗

What Is an LLM (Large Language Model)? A Plain-English Guide

What a large language model is, how it works and where it fails.

7 min read
AI for users ↗

What Is an SLM (Small Language Model), and When Is Small Better?

What a small language model is and when it beats a larger one.

6 min read
AI governance ↗

What Is ISO/IEC 42001? The AI Management System Standard Explained

What the AI management system standard covers and how it fits in.

7 min read
AI for builders ↗

What Is MCP (Model Context Protocol), and Why Does It Matter?

How MCP connects AI applications to tools and data in a standard way.

7 min read
AI for builders ↗

What Is RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)?

How RAG lets an AI assistant answer from your own documents.

7 min read
AI for leaders ↗

AI Training for SMEs and Employers

How SMEs can plan, choose and follow up on AI training.

8 min read
AI for builders ↗

Build AI Apps Without Coding: A Practical Guide

A guide to building, testing and using AI apps responsibly.

9 min read

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