Niall McNulty

I design AI programmes for education systems, from ministry publishing pipelines to teacher professional development.

AI Product Lead at Cambridge University Press & Assessment. MEd researcher at UCT. Based in Cape Town.

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Selected work

AI-assisted publishing for a national ministry

2025. A ministry of education in Sub-Saharan Africa pulled a textbook deadline forward by six months. A retrieval-augmented pipeline on Cambridge-owned content produced 70–80% of first drafts in five weeks. Every output passed editorial review; titles were approved. About 25% pre-publication saving versus the traditional model.

UNICEF/GPE Digital Education Leadership Programme

2025–26. Programme lead. More than 45 leaders from 17 countries turning the Six Pillars Framework into national digital-education action.

Gulf programmes: KFAS, KHDA, ADEK

Solution design, costing and delivery. AI for STEM teachers in Kuwait, AI and EdTech policy for Dubai private schools, and AI pedagogy reform for Abu Dhabi.

Designing Assessments with AI

Accredited course with the Cambridge Assessment Network, designed and delivered. Also the 10-module GenAI for Policymakers curriculum.

Working with Cambridge University Press & Assessment, UNICEF, KFAS (Kuwait), KHDA (UAE) and others.