AI and academic misconduct

We ask that you consider the following guidance carefully to ensure that your assessments remain authentic and credible.

Wholly AI generated assessment solution: As of now, and for the foreseeable future, submission of content that is wholly AI generated is not permitted for any of your assessments, unless you have been explicitly instructed to do so in the assessment brief. Wholly AI generated solutions to any type of assessment will be treated as assessment malpractice, in line with existing regulations, and we may make use of a range of tools as appropriate to establish misuse of AI.

Partly AI generated assessment solution: As of now, and for the foreseeable future, submission of content that is partly AI generated is not permitted for any of your assessments, unless you have been explicitly instructed to do so in the assessment brief. Partly AI generated solutions to any type of assessment will be treated as assessment malpractice, in line with existing regulations, and we may make use of a range of tools as appropriate to establish misuse of AI. An example of a partly AI generated submission might be where you have asked ChatGPT/Bard/Bing Chat/etc to write the conclusion of an essay that you are developing.

AI supported assessment solution: It is permissible to use AI as a support tool when developing your assessment. Where you have used AI to support your work, you must acknowledge and provide details of this, in line with the guidance on this page. Examples of potential appropriate use cases may include the following:
- Generating images to include in assignments: Image generation tools may be useful to illustrate certain ideas, but you should be aware of current copyright concerns.
- Brainstorming ideas and helping with essay structures: Text generation tools can be a useful starting point to develop ideas and outlines for an assignment, but you should be aware of their inherent biases and hallucinations.
- Seeking feedback on your writing: Text generation tools can proofread and correct text for students, in a similar way to grammar tools such as Grammarly and Microsoft’s Editor. They may also be capable of providing some level of feedback on the style and tone of your content. You must be careful about such usage not to be deemed to be wholly or partly AI generated.
- As a research tool: Similarly to search engines, text generation tools can act as a useful research tool as a starting point to developing a general understanding about a topic of interest However, you must be vigilant about their potential to provide you with incorrect facts and false assertions and be sure to reference where you got your information from.

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