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Taught from your own materials
Upload course materials as rulebooks. Every reply draws on approved sources, not the open internet.
AI tutoring for higher education and training providers
AI that actually helps humans learn.
Extended learning. Active learning. All controllable and policy-driven.
Socratic Partner GCSE Biology · Osmosis
- Water moves from where there is more salt to where there is less.
- When you say “more salt”, what is there less of in that same solution?
- Less water… so the water goes the other way?
- What would you need to see in an experiment to be sure of that?
Session insight
- Confidence
- Middling
- Originality
- Strong
- Misconception
- Direction of water flow
The problem
Learners already have AI. Most of it does their thinking for them.
Students already use AI to get answers
Institutions need a version that makes them think instead.
One teacher cannot give every learner one-to-one time
A tutor that asks and probes extends that time between lessons.
Leaders cannot see where understanding breaks down
Analytics for every turn show confidence, misconceptions and originality.
Generic AI is a safeguarding and reputational risk
A tutor bound to approved materials, with escalation, is not.
What makes it different
An AI tutor that teaches from your curriculum, not the internet.
And shows you what every learner understood.
Socratic PartnerOral ExaminerAdaptive Learning
Pedagogical
Named teaching methods
Eight learning modes, from Socratic Partner to Adaptive Learning, each with defined behaviour.
“I can help you plan, structure, and improve your own work, but I can’t write assessed sections for you…”
Honest
It will not do the work
Requests to write assessed work are declined and turned back into learning.
Adaptive
Changes approach to fit each learner
Adaptive Learning reads how a learner is doing on every turn and changes its teaching approach to suit. It draws diagrams and sets worksheets from your course materials, then marks the answers.
Voice
Talk instead of type
Learners can speak to the tutor, see their words appear as they talk, and have replies read aloud.
Visible
See learning, not just usage
Confidence, sentiment, originality and concepts for every turn, plus a summary of every session.
SafeguardingCymraegGàidhligالعربية
Safe and ready
Built for schools and universities
Safeguarding alerts, separate data for each organisation, and 13 tutor languages.
How it works
One session, from question to teacher summary
A learner asks a question
They ask in their own words, by typing or speaking, about the course their teacher has set.
The tutor asks back
In Socratic Partner mode the tutor never gives the answer. It asks one focused question at a time.
A misconception is caught
The tutor notices the learner has the direction of movement wrong, and probes it rather than correcting it.
Analytics update, turn by turn
Each turn is scored for confidence, originality and concepts, so teachers see understanding, not clicks.
The teacher gets a summary
When the session ends, the teacher receives a short summary: what was covered, what went well and what to do next.
Illustration with synthetic data. Not a real learner.
What learners say
Rather than giving me the answers, it challenged my thinking like an academic supervisor, prompting me to think more deeply and articulate the reasoning behind my decisions.
Evidence
What published research says about AI tutoring
These are peer-reviewed studies of AI tutoring in general, not of Nested Learning. We summarise what each found and what it does not show.
AI tutoring outperforms in-class active learning: an RCT introducing a novel research-based design in an authentic educational setting
Kestin, Miller, Klales, Milbourne and Ponti (2025). Scientific Reports 15, 17458
Students learned more, in less time, from an AI tutor built on research-based teaching practice than from an in-class active-learning session, and reported higher engagement and motivation.
What it does not show: It studied a different AI tutor, not Nested Learning.
Read the paper: AI tutoring outperforms in-class active learning: an RCT introducing a novel research-based design in an authentic educational settingThe potential of digital tools to enhance mathematics and science learning in secondary schools: a context-specific meta-analysis
Hillmayr, Ziernwald, Reinhold, Hofer and Reiss (2020). Computers & Education 153, 103897
Digital tools improved learning (g = 0.65). Intelligent tutors and simulations did better than other tools, and effects were larger when tools supported teaching rather than replaced it.
What it does not show: It covers digital tools in secondary maths and science, not Nested Learning.
Read the paper: The potential of digital tools to enhance mathematics and science learning in secondary schools: a context-specific meta-analysisWho it is for
Built for the way your learners study
Higher Education
Seminar preparation, feedback and reflective writing, without the tutor writing the work.
ExploreApprenticeships and FE
Practice against the standard, and rehearsal for end-point assessment.
ExploreTraining and Development
Onboarding and compliance taught from your organisation's own materials.
ExploreOnline Tutoring Companies
Learner support between live lessons, taught from your own course materials.
Explore
Also for schools and publishers and awarding bodies.
Trust
Safe enough for schools and universities
Safeguarding alerts
Concerning messages alert your named safeguarding contact.
Your data stays yours
Each organisation's data is kept separate and belongs to it.
Academic integrity
The tutor will not write assessed work for a learner.
Accessible by design
Our target is WCAG 2.2 AA, with voice input and read-aloud.
At a glance
Nested Learning in brief
Nested Learning is a UK company, based in Leeds, that develops AI tutors and learning analytics for education and training.
- What we make
- An AI tutor that teaches from your own course materials, and learning analytics for teachers and leaders
- How it teaches
- Eight named learning modes, from Socratic Partner to Adaptive Learning
- Academic integrity
- Built not to write assessed work; originality scored on every turn
- Access
- Replies in 13 languages; voice input and read-aloud; WCAG 2.2 AA target
- Who it is for
- Higher Education, Apprenticeships and FE, Training and Development, Online Tutoring Companies, Schools
- Where we are
- The Rose Bowl, Leeds Beckett University City Campus, Leeds
- Registered
- Nested Learning Ltd, company 16741692, incorporated September 2025; UKPRN 10101357
Questions
Questions we are often asked
What is Nested Learning?
Nested Learning is a UK company, based in Leeds, that develops AI tutors and learning analytics for education and training. Its AI tutor teaches from an organisation's own course materials using named teaching methods, and its analytics show teachers and leaders what each learner understood.
How is the Nested Learning AI tutor different from a general chatbot?
It is built to teach rather than to give answers. It works from the course materials an organisation uploads (rulebooks) instead of the open internet, uses one of eight named teaching methods such as Socratic questioning, and declines to write assessed work. Teachers then see analytics for every turn of the conversation.
Will the AI tutor write students' essays or assignments?
No, it is built not to. When a learner asks it to write, rewrite or polish assessed work, it declines with a fixed reply and turns the request back into learning, for example by asking for the learner's own draft. Originality is scored on every turn, so staff can see whose thinking is on the page.
Which learning modes does the AI tutor offer?
It offers eight learning modes: Socratic Partner, Rosenshine, Oral Examiner, Gibbs Reflection, Simulator, Academic Coach, Academic Feedback and Adaptive Learning. Adaptive Learning changes its approach to fit each learner, draws diagrams and sets worksheets from the course materials, then marks the answers.
Which languages and accessibility features does it support?
The tutor replies in 13 languages, including Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Arabic. Learners can talk to it instead of typing and have replies read aloud. Our accessibility target is WCAG 2.2 AA.
Who is Nested Learning for?
Nested Learning works with universities, colleges and apprenticeship providers, training and development teams, and online tutoring companies, as well as schools. It also offers consultancy and training to help organisations adopt AI.
How much does Nested Learning cost?
Pricing depends on the size and type of deployment, so we quote after a short call. Options run from a pilot to a department or programme, a whole institution, an enterprise, or a partner arrangement. Book a pilot call to talk it through.
Where is Nested Learning based?
Nested Learning Ltd is based in the Rose Bowl on Leeds Beckett University's City Campus, Leeds (148 Rose Bowl, Portland Crescent, Leeds LS1 3HB). It is registered in England and Wales, company number 16741692, and on the UK Register of Learning Providers as UKPRN 10101357.