Policy presence
Durham University has 5 source-backed public claims for policy presence; deterministic analysis status: unclear.
Durham, United Kingdom
Durham University
Record status
Review: Agent reviewed
Policy profile
Review: Machine candidate
AI disclosure
Durham University has 2 source-backed public claims for ai disclosure; deterministic analysis status: required.
Coursework
Durham University has 5 source-backed public claims for coursework; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Exams
Durham University has 5 source-backed public claims for exams; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Privacy and data entry
No source-backed public claim about privacy or data-entry restrictions is present in this profile.
The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about personal, confidential, sensitive, regulated, or student data entry into AI tools.
Academic integrity
Durham University has 5 source-backed public claims for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Approved tools
Durham University has 5 source-backed public claims for approved tools; deterministic analysis status: required.
Named AI services
Durham University has 4 source-backed public claims for named ai services; deterministic analysis status: required.
Teaching guidance
Durham University has 5 source-backed public claims for teaching guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.
Research guidance
Durham University has 1 source-backed public claim for research guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.
Security and procurement
No source-backed public claim about AI security review or procurement is present in this profile.
The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about security review, procurement, vendor approval, risk assessment, authentication, SSO, or enterprise licensing.
AI tools
Evidence-backed claims
16 reviewed evidence-backed public claim
Academic Integrity
For Common Awards summative assessments, Durham guidance says students must not use generative AI to create substantive content that they present as their own creation.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1You must not use generative AI to create substantive content for your assessed work that you then present as if it were your own creation.
Source Status
Durham Common Awards AI academic-misconduct policy is scoped to students' use of generative AI in summative assessments on Common Awards modules.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1It applies to students' use of generative AI in summative assessments on Common Awards modules. Its only purpose is to define which uses of generative AI count as academic misconduct in that context.
Academic Integrity
For Common Awards students, Durham guidance says students must not provide generative AI with others' material unless it is public-domain material, permitted material, or protected from training use.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1You must not provide a generative AI with any text or other material produced by others, unless that material is in the public domain, or you have explicit permission to do so, or you have confirmation that the content will not be used to train the AI in question.
Academic Integrity
The Durham Common Awards page says its AI policy requires students to paste a completed AI declaration into summative assignments before submission.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1The policy requires students to copy and paste a completed AI declaration into summative assignments before submitting them.
Ai Tool Treatment
Durham Global Opportunities guidance says using generative AI in Global Opportunities applications is unadvisable and may negatively affect an application.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1It is unadvisable to use generative AI and it may negatively affect your application.
Ai Tool Treatment
Durham Common Awards guidance says some limited uses of generative AI do not count as academic misconduct if work remains the student's own, AI use is acknowledged where required, and caution is demonstrated.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1In general, however, other limited uses of generative AI to facilitate your work do not count as academic misconduct, provided that the resulting work still reflects your own engagement with your sources, your own understanding, and your own reasoning and judgments; you clearly acknowledge any use of AI that has substantially informed the content or presentation of your work; and you demonstrate appropriate caution about the limitations of the tools you use.
Teaching
Durham University categorises student assessments into four GenAI-use tiers: No GenAI Allowed, Selective (specified how GenAI may be used), Allowed (students may choose whether and how to use GenAI), and Embedded (using GenAI is required).
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1All programmes will make use of a range of assessments clearly identified as either: No GenAI Allowed (including some assessments where AI use is not possible, such as viva); Selective, where it will be specified how GenAI may be used; Allowed, where students may choose whether and how to use GenAI; Embedded, where using GenAI is required.
Ai Tool Treatment
Durham Global Opportunities guidance says asking an AI tool to proofread in British English would be appropriate where the original text was generated by the human applicant.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1Asking an AI tool to 'proof read in British English' would be appropriate use (just as asking a friend or relative to proof read would be) as the original 'generation' of the text was by the human applicant.
Source Status
Durham University's GenAI policy for learning, teaching and assessment was approved by Senate in June 2026.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1An update to our GenAI policy was approved by our academic governing body Senate in June 2026.
Source Status
Durham's public DCAD generative-AI resources page lists an internal Institutional Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence for Learning, Teaching and Assessment dated June 2025.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1Institutional Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence for Learning, Teaching and Assessment, June 2025
Teaching
DCAD assessment guidance says marking criteria should be reviewed alongside assessment redesign in light of generative AI.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1It is also evident that, whether learning outcomes change significantly or not, marking criteria should be reviewed alongside the assessment redesign process.
Teaching
DCAD assessment guidance says actively addressing generative AI in assessment briefs can promote open dialogue with students and help assessments reflect programme learning outcomes and disciplinary practices.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1Actively addressing genAI, whether implicitly (by designing assessments that focus on human abilities and development) or explicitly (by including genAI in assessment briefs), helps to promote open dialogue about these tools with students and to ensure that assessments reflect programme learning outcomes and disciplinary practices.
Teaching
Durham requires all programmes to be updated to ensure students have a mix of GenAI-secure and GenAI-open assessments.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1Programmes are being updated to ensure that students have a mix of GenAI-secure and GenAI-open assessments.
Teaching
DCAD assessment guidance says starting an iterative programme-level discussion about learning outcomes and generative AI is highly recommended rather than ignoring already occurring shifts.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1However, starting this discussion as an iterative process amidst uncertainty is highly recommended versus ignoring the many shifts that have already occurred.
Ai Tool Treatment
Durham staff may choose whether and how to use GenAI in teaching, but must be open and transparent about this and operate ethically and in compliance with GDPR.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1our staff can choose whether and how to use GenAI, being open and transparent about this. They must operate ethically and in compliance with GDPR.
Research
Senate approved a specific policy for the use of GenAI in postgraduate research degrees alongside the main GenAI policy in June 2026.
Review: Agent reviewed
Evidencia original
Evidence 1Senate also approved a specific policy for the use of GenAI in postgraduate research degrees.
Candidate claims
0 machine or needs-review claim
Official sources
5 source attribution
Academic Misconduct: AI Policy and Guidance
durham.ac.uk
AI Guidance
durham.ac.uk
Assessment and marking in light of generative AI
dcad-resourcebank.webspace.durham.ac.uk
Generative AI in Learning, Teaching & Assessment
dcad-resourcebank.webspace.durham.ac.uk
Generative AI in Learning, Teaching & Assessment at Durham University
dcad-resourcebank.webspace.durham.ac.uk