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The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON)

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 Newcastle, Australia (UON) currently has 7 source-backed claim records and 4 official source attributions. Latest tracked changed date: Jul 16, 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 Newcastle, Australia (UON). Individual release snapshots remain available from their release-specific URLs.

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Combined release diff

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The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) combined release diff

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

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11 # The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) 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 Newcastle, Australia (UON) in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.
5+Evidence (en, 234015d6e423): The University of Newcastle's official GenAI guidance states that the University provides access to Microsoft Copilot to students. It makes assessment permission course-specific and does not state procurement, endorsement or self-hosting.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:20:43.896Z
47 ## Source attribution added
58 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
9+Source https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/987586/Gen-Ai-and-AI-for-CC_booklet_Decmeber-2024-V6.pdf snapshot 234015d6e423e1faafde690fa35884ec0bac453e9571c6f93b8ace5afd4613a8
10+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:20:43.896Z

Release history

1 public release diff

public-release-20260715-005

Compared with public-release-20260714-002.

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The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) public-release-20260715-005 diff

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

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11 # The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) 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 Newcastle, Australia (UON) in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.
5+Evidence (en, 234015d6e423): The University of Newcastle's official GenAI guidance states that the University provides access to Microsoft Copilot to students. It makes assessment permission course-specific and does not state procurement, endorsement or self-hosting.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:20:43.896Z
47 ## Source attribution added
58 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
9+Source https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/987586/Gen-Ai-and-AI-for-CC_booklet_Decmeber-2024-V6.pdf snapshot 234015d6e423e1faafde690fa35884ec0bac453e9571c6f93b8ace5afd4613a8
10+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:20:43.896Z

Claim changes

7 claim records

ai_tool_treatment

Microsoft Copilot is listed for The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.

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academic_integrity

For assessments, UON's GenAI teaching, learning and assessment policy says students should follow teaching-staff directions about GenAI use and appropriately disclose and reference GenAI use.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

UON's GenAI teaching, learning and assessment policy says use of GenAI in assessment does not automatically constitute academic misconduct, but may do so where lecturers or course coordinators have explicitly prohibited it.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%Evidence1Languagesen

teaching

UON's GenAI teaching, learning and assessment policy says GenAI should not be used to mark student work unless the output is reviewed and approved by the course marker or coordinator, and any GenAI marking use must be clearly communicated with an opt-out opportunity for students.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%Evidence1Languagesen

privacy

UON's GenAI research guideline says researchers are responsible for protecting unpublished or sensitive work by not uploading it into online AI systems without assurance that the data will not be reused to train future models or for untraceable data use.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%Evidence1Languagesen

research

UON's GenAI research guideline recognises legitimate and beneficial uses of GenAI in research and says researchers, including students conducting research, may use GenAI tools within appropriate operating principles.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

UON's AskUON student guidance says students must discuss use of ChatGPT and other AI tools with their course coordinator, particularly for work to be submitted.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence86%Evidence1Languagesen

Source snapshots

4 source attributions