Back in 2016 the BBC asked “could robots be marking your homework?”

Here is the article:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38289079

But in 2019 educators’s well being continues to be impacted by the pressure of marking 200 papers with a three week turn around plus second marking.  If automation or semi automation was used, educators could spend more time holding small group teaching, tutorials or carrying out research to improve learning.

More research needs to be conducted in HE in areas beyond language learning and computing.