Academic Misconduct
If you present content generated by artificial intelligence tools as your own, unless specifically authorised in writing as part of the assessment brief, and/or fail to appropriately acknowledge the use of an artificial intelligence tool, this can be treated as an academic offence. Should you unfortunately be involved in an investigation of an alleged academic offence, the Students’ Union can provide support and advice. You are encouraged therefore to consult your Module Leaders if you have any questions about ethical and acceptable AI usage for assignments. See Appendix 1. For guidance on acceptable and unacceptable use.
Generative AI tools/services will not be used to check/mark/grade your work.
Using AI Responsibly
- Educational and Research Purposes: Students may use AI technologies for legitimate educational and research purposes, such as data analysis, natural language processing, or machine learning projects, under the guidance and supervision of faculty members.
- Collaborative Learning: Students can leverage AI tools for collaborative learning, such as virtual study groups, peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, or group project collaborations.
- Personal Productivity: Students may use AI-powered assistants or tools for personal productivity purposes, such as task management, note-taking, or time management, provided they do not infringe on intellectual property rights or violate privacy regulations.
- Accessibility Support: AI technologies can be used to enhance accessibility and support students with disabilities, such as text-to-speech or speech-to-text tools, provided they comply with relevant laws and regulations.
- Idea Generation and Brainstorming: Students can use AI language models to generate ideas or structure suggestions for their assignments, as long as they apply their own original thinking and analysis to refine and develop the content.
- Code Generation and Data Analysis: Students may use AI tools to assist with code generation or data analysis tasks, but they must understand the underlying logic and decision-making processes and ensure that the outputs are accurate and aligned with their understanding of the concepts. Whether such use of generative AI is permissible in a specific assignment must be clarified through careful reading of the assessment brief and/or consultation with the member of staff/Module leader responsible for the assignment.
- Academic Dishonesty: Using AI tools to generate assignments, essays, or other academic work without proper attribution or with the intent to misrepresent authorship is strictly prohibited and considered academic dishonesty.
- Plagiarism: Students must not use AI tools to plagiarize copyrighted materials or pass off generated content as their own original work.
- Harassment or Discrimination: AI technologies must not be used to harass, threaten, or discriminate against individuals or groups based on race, gender, religion, or other protected characteristics.
- Excessive Resource Consumption: Students should use AI resources responsibly and avoid excessive or unauthorized consumption of computing resources that may impact the availability of these resources for others.