Change log

The University of Sydney

Release-to-release tracker diff history with separate policy-text, newly-extracted claim, evidence, and source snapshot categories.

Change summary

Current public record freshness and review state.

The University of Sydney currently has 11 source-backed claim records and 9 official source attributions. Latest tracked changed date: Jul 19, 2026. Latest tracker diff: 0 comparable policy-text changes, 1 newly extracted claims, 0 source snapshot changes.

This page combines all public release diffs for The University of Sydney. Individual release snapshots remain available from their release-specific URLs.

This tracker is not legal advice, not academic integrity advice, and not an official university statement unless a linked source is the university's own official page.

Newly extracted claims are tracker additions and are not necessarily newly published by the university. Source snapshot changes show hash changes for the same source URL and are not by themselves policy changes.

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Combined release diff

Unified tracker diff generated from all public release snapshots for this university.

The University of Sydney combined release diff

Comparing public-release-20260714-002 to public-release-20260715-005.

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11 # The University of Sydney AI policy diff
22 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
33 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
4+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft Copilot is listed for The University of Sydney in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
5+Evidence (en, 211f8ede0abb): The University of Sydney Student IT apps page says Microsoft Copilot is a University endorsed GenAI tool, free for all students, and accessed by signing in with a University account. It may be used for assessments subject to responsible-use guidance.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T20:22:43.896Z
47 ## Source attribution added
58 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
9+Source https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/student-it/apps.html snapshot 211f8ede0abb7ea7a3f4bbce317a7fd8749a28bde2b02c6a63780fb35f7a6c37
10+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T20:22:43.896Z

Release history

1 public release diff

public-release-20260715-005

Compared with public-release-20260714-002.

Policy text0Newly extracted1Source snapshots0Source text0

The University of Sydney public-release-20260715-005 diff

Comparing public-release-20260714-002 to public-release-20260715-005.

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11 # The University of Sydney AI policy diff
22 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
33 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
4+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft Copilot is listed for The University of Sydney in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
5+Evidence (en, 211f8ede0abb): The University of Sydney Student IT apps page says Microsoft Copilot is a University endorsed GenAI tool, free for all students, and accessed by signing in with a University account. It may be used for assessments subject to responsible-use guidance.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T20:22:43.896Z
47 ## Source attribution added
58 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
9+Source https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/student-it/apps.html snapshot 211f8ede0abb7ea7a3f4bbce317a7fd8749a28bde2b02c6a63780fb35f7a6c37
10+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T20:22:43.896Z

Claim changes

11 claim records

ai_tool_treatment

Microsoft Copilot is listed for The University of Sydney in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

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teaching

From Semester 1 2025, the default position in the University of Sydney Academic Integrity Policy has been reversed: except for supervised examinations and supervised in-semester tests, students may use automated writing tools or generative AI to complete assessments unless expressly prohibited by the unit coordinator.

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academic_integrity

The University of Sydney's Academic Integrity Policy 2022 states it is an academic integrity breach to inappropriately generate content using artificial intelligence to complete an assessment task, and submitting an assessment generated by AI may be considered contract cheating.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

The University of Sydney Academic Integrity Policy 2022 states students may only use assistance, including automated writing tools, if the unit of study outline expressly permits it, and must acknowledge assistance provided when preparing submitted work.

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teaching

The University of Sydney has adopted a 'two-lane approach' to assessment: Lane 1 comprises secure, in-person supervised assessments to assure learning, and Lane 2 comprises open assessments that support and scaffold the use of all available and relevant tools including generative AI.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

University of Sydney guidance states that misusing generative AI can breach the Academic Integrity Policy 2022, with examples including using AI in assessments where prohibited, submitting AI-generated work without acknowledgment, and inputting University teaching materials or personal information into AI tools.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

University of Sydney states that students who use AI in assessments are required to acknowledge it, including any tools that use generative AI such as translation tools, paraphrasing tools or referencing tools; failing to provide acknowledgement can lead to a breach of the Academic Integrity Policy 2022.

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privacy

The University of Sydney's generative AI guardrails state that confidential, personal, proprietary, or otherwise sensitive information should not be entered into AI tools.

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ai_tool_treatment

The University of Sydney provides all students free access to Microsoft Copilot for Web, and recommends using University-endorsed tools like Copilot with protected mode via UniKey login rather than public AI tools.

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academic_integrity

The University of Sydney advises that Turnitin's AI detection tool may be used if a marker suspects AI-generated work where its use was not permitted or not acknowledged, but the AI detector score would not be the only evidence relied upon for an academic integrity case.

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teaching

The University of Sydney Assessment Procedures state that unit of study coordinators will specify if, and which, artificial intelligence tools are permitted for each assessment and how their use must be acknowledged.

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Source snapshots

9 source attributions